With the death of the old thief, his empire passes to his son, who does not recognize either the laws of thieves or bandit concepts. But fate plays with marked cards, and the transfer of power into new hands causes a brutal war between the thieves and bandits worlds, the victim of which is Ivan Taranov’s friend. The old saying “Entrance is a ruble, exit is two” is still true today... Taranov, who avenged the death of his friend, ends up in the famous “Vladimir Central”. The author warns the reader that all the events described in the novel are the author’s fiction. As well as characters, geographical names and names of organizations.