People with the mark of Cain (curse) on their faces - are they not messengers of the underworld in our world? The direct descendants of Cain were known in ancient times as Neanderthals. They are extinct, you say. It turns out not! They hid from human eyes for a long time in deep dungeons and impassable forest thickets. But one day these infernal creatures - Cainites - come back to the world, trying to sow evil in it and infect it with all sorts of vices. Such an unexpected discovery comes to the famous writer Svetlana Dodonova, who is investigating the murder of an old hieromonk in the small Russian city of Neznamovsk. How to deal with the children of the night, faithful servants of the devilish forces?

Alexander Vladimirov’s novel “The Tribe of Cain” is an exciting detective story, fantasy, Russian epic in its modern interpretation, and a deep socio-psychological study of modern life .