An action-packed adventure novel about treasure hunting for lovers of adventure novels, historical detective stories and puzzles in the spirit of Dan Brown. The action takes place in St. Petersburg, Germany, Italy and several millennia in Mesopotamia. The discovery of part of an ancient amulet confronts and unites three people: Max - a paratrooper lost in life, Bart, a thrill-seeking American intellectual, and Marlene, a mystical and suicidal psychologist. Of course, they will collect all the pieces of the amulet, but will this help solve their own problems? The threads of different destinies are connected by one knot, in which lies a historical puzzle.