Former American soldier George Young finally found a job and signed a contract, now he is obliged to extract testimony from especially dangerous prisoners. Young doesn't even know their names, just their numbers. Every time he begins interrogation, he says to himself: “It’s just work.” But the tragic incident - the death of prisoner No. 4141 during interrogation - became a turning point in the fate of George Young; he no longer wants to be a cog in the infernal machine that grinds the flesh and consciousness of people …

“The interrogation scenes are so vivid that the reader can turn inside out. Even rare moments of humor are often tragic.”Publishers Weekly