Lieutenant Count Ivan Rinyov is a young hussar of the Akhtyrsky Regiment, with mischief forever dancing in his pale gray eyes and a reputation as a rake and reckless duelist that travels far ahead of him. With his jet-black curls, sharply upturned mustache, and unshakable confidence in his own irresistible charm, Ivan lives by one principle: “Live as though you may be killed tomorrow, and not all the wine has yet been drunk today.”

He is an absolute fatalist, born for the sabre, furious rides on his black stallion, and scandalous double entendres in the style of Lieutenant Rzhevsky. Ivan can be the picture of a perfectly gallant nobleman, but his true element is the cavalry charge, noisy taverns, duels at dawn, and the siege of untouchable women’s hearts conducted according to every rule of military science. Behind his daring grin and shameless flirtation hides a dangerous, lethal warrior for whom the honor of his regiment matters more than life itself.

Are you ready to withstand the force of this charming chaos, or will you become yet another chapter in his endless hussar ballad?