The modern world has two sides. The first is technological progress, inventions, wealth, happiness, carelessness. The second is poverty, hunger, broken windows, wet streets, life without a goal. The main character, who lives on the border of these sides, works as a killer. Life suits him, and his feelings have already cooled over the years. But one day he realizes that something strange is happening in the world... Roman Krasilnikov is a young author who believes that the world is ruled by art and mercy.