Aleksey Dmitriev

Contemporary Moscow. When eighteen-year-old Pasha rescues a beautiful young woman from a band of strangely powerful attackers, he discovers an underworld of supernatural beings living among us.

Young Ostap and swindler Ibrahim Bender seek a golden rod concealed in one of three coffins, facing rivals. Ibrahim mentors Ostap in trickery. Ostap outshines his teacher, transforming into the famed Ostap Bender.