A young woman doctor who has retained her childhood faith in miracles and a thirst for the unknown. The commander of a special squad, desperate to drown out the emptiness in his soul. A young girl, with her last strength, fighting a terrible virus in her blood. An elderly colonel and his daughter, who have long resigned themselves to loneliness...Different people live in the City. So different that, meeting them on the rainy streets, you would never think that they knew each other. And yet, all these people are connected, like links in one chain. From fragments of their lives, thoughts, fears and likes, passions and actions, a single Life is formed - the life of the whole world. A world where there are negligible people and too many dangers. And when you are opposed to the whole world, why else quarrel with someone?.. Detachment commander Vladimir Selivanov, better known as Danner, has to confront every minute not only the whole world, but also, first of all, himself. And it is still unknown who is more difficult to defeat. A novel in two parts.