An action-packed psychological detective story, which is distinguished by bright characters and masterfully constructed intrigue. By chance, a young journalist from Makhachkala ends up in a Dagestan mountain village where a brutal murder has just occurred. At first, carried away by the investigation of a terrible crime, he becomes more and more aware of how he is immersed in the gloomy, cold and hostile atmosphere of the village N, as if covering up a murderer. This story does not let the hero go for many years, forcing him not only to finally get to the bottom of the truth and unravel the name of the criminal, but also to figure out in yourself and your life, in which a lot has gone wrong.