After the death of her cousin, who died in a car explosion, Ariel Ben becomes the sole heir to a family heirloom - a collection of encrypted manuscripts. These manuscripts contain clues to the events that took place in the Roman Empire two thousand years ago. Whoever finds the key to the ancient secret will be able to decide the fate of the world.

Possession of the manuscripts plunges Ariel into the very center of an international conspiracy and puts her life in danger. To save herself, she is forced to look for answers to the dark mysteries of the past.

The world bestseller by Catherine Neville is published in Russian for the first time.