This collection combines two books that tell about the latest cases of the phenomenal Russian detective Erast Fandorin - as they are arranged in real-time chronology by the author, Boris Akunin. In 1914, Fandorin in the "Black City" (Baku) clashes with revolutionaries and spies in a desperate attempt to prevent a world war. And, perhaps, to find such a long-sought harmony. Alas, neither one nor the other can be done, the attempt ends tragically for Fandorin ... In the last novel of the Fandorin cycle "I Don't Say Goodbye," it turns out that miraculously, the tragedy in Baku did not end the life of the surprisingly successful man Erast Fandorin. After 3 years, 8 months and 28 days of coma, he returns to life and vigorous detective work. True, Russia, which Fandorin knew, no longer exists in 1918, but the villains from the world of crime and political extremism will not be greeted by a revived detective ...