A blonde-haired girl was drawn on a piece of paper. She looked at the lanky man and screamed in horror because he was reaching out to her with long, black arms that looked like tree branches. A lance was sticking out of his chest, and his stomach was stained with brown blood... The artist made a few strokes and lowered the brush. At that moment the bell rang, and he heard only two words: “She’s alive...” Olga woke up in an unfamiliar place and realized: she had to run! Overcoming weakness, she got out of the clinic and hid in the apartment of a random fellow traveler. The girl didn’t remember well what happened to her, but the worst thing was that she didn’t recognize her face in the mirror!.. Olga had no idea: she was just the heroine of a chess game started by a mysterious stranger with his virtual opponent nicknamed Spas. Spas could make moves while remaining on the other side of the monitor, and the losing piece would lose not only its place on the board, but also its life...