Death always stood next to this man. Death was his business and his passion, Death - and only Death - was his friend. And now he, the most famous and legendary of the murderers, himself does not have long to live. What remains? Just to finally play a crazy game with Death, a game where the pawns are corpses, the only rule is the skill of taking someone else’s life, and there will simply be no winners. What could be more exciting than such a game?..