The heroine of the novel Nika Evseeva is a bodyguard. By coincidence, she finds herself in the vicinity of a provincial town and, in order to earn money for the journey home, she decides to use her profession. The rapidly unfolding events that swirled Nika have their roots in the distant past, more than half a century old. Finding herself at a crossroads between feelings and duty, it is not easy for her to find the only right solution, especially since the price of a mistake can be a child’s life.