At the dawn of our era, Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galileo and Perea, wanting to rule the world, took away three rings of eternal power from a blind old man. The king did not heed the warning of danger, for which he paid. The rings were scattered around the world, looking for a worthy owner... Nowadays, one of these artifacts falls into the hands of Dmitry Starygin, a restorer from the Hermitage, and mysterious events begin to happen around him: a colleague dies, frightened women appear, and objects of art themselves are found. Dmitry is looking for answers to questions and encounters the inexplicable. What do the rings of eternal power want? The book was also published under the title “Herod’s Treasures.”