Articles appear on the Internet discrediting the name of the presidential candidate of one of the Russian republics, Viktor Mokhov. At the same time, Mokhov receives an envelope in the mail with photographs compromising him. The candidate turns to the Gloria agency for help. Alexander Borisovich Turetsky, who arrives in the city, becomes a witness and participant in mysterious and terrible events. The people he meets die under strange circumstances. Turetsky himself is in mortal danger, but he is determined to see the matter through to the end. The former important guy goes ahead, not caring too much about the consequences: