Where does the soul go when a person dies? Is she getting a new body? Where do the sins of a past life go when reborn? Is the new life responsible for the sins of the ancestors? The author reflects on this, tracing the fate of the descendants of the last minister of the Imperial Court, who was involved in the destruction of the great Russian Empire. The action of the story takes place in Russia and India, where the heroes find themselves involved in a whirlpool of adventures and passions, the struggle between good and evil, love and meanness. Will they survive in this world? Or will the karmic curse be stronger?