A novel about life and death, about the search for oneself, one’s place in life, about love that overcomes any obstacles, even leaving this world. A novel about Russian life in the second half of the last century, which cannot be considered in isolation from the entire previous culture, not only of Russia, but also of humanity. About that life that continues today, and that will continue tomorrow... The journey of the main characters through the underground labyrinth is accompanied by radial forays into medieval Italy, into Athens during the time of Socrates, into the Siberian city of Volozlin, into the mythical city of Galera, in which the true essence of man and human relations.