The Elders of Zion - who are they? Reality that became a legend, or a legend that turned into reality? And how, in essence, does reality differ from a legend, from a cheap detective story, from a pulp novel, from a fake tragedy, from a chewing gum newspaper report? Who are we? Where are we? Why us? The author asks himself and his readers these and other questions in this fascinating matryoshka novel, which takes place today in Israel, torn apart by the throes of a war for survival.