After Tsar Boris Godunov and his family are brutally slaughtered, Russia decends into a country of chaos. Guided by faith and mysticism, Andrey, the only witness to the massacre, transforms himself from a servant to a cavalier and sets off on a quest to save Princess Ksenia, who is the missing daughter of Godunov. Andrey joins forces with the people's army leader, Prince Pozharski, and faces down the Polish army in an explosive battle for Moscow.