On one of the resort islands off the coast of Florida, tourists wander along the beach in search of beautiful shells. But this time the sea brings something terrible ashore: more than a hundred stumps of human feet wearing identical sneakers. FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is rushed into the investigation, and he faces the most difficult and inexplicable problem of his career. Who could commit such a terrible and large-scale crime? Where did it happen? The pathologist's conclusion only adds more questions. Pendergast soon realizes that someone from the task force is leaking information. Some powerful forces are opposing him, preventing him from getting to the truth...For the first time in Russian!