The life of the provincial artist Fyodor Losev is devoid of triumphs and downfalls. She is calm and matter-of-fact. His career is not working out, he is oppressed by instability and creative ambitions, but his love for the beautiful Elena keeps Fyodor from despair. Everything suddenly changes when his friend is killed under mysterious circumstances. Fyodor is drawn into a cycle of strange, frightening events. An explanation can be found, but the human mind refuses to believe in it... A crime-mystical series was filmed based on the book, the main roles in which were played by Svetlana Khodchenkova. Kirill Grebenshchikov, Irina Pechernikova, Nikolai Chindyaykin and famous rock musician Alexander F. Sklyar.