The book begins in Singapore in 2008. Unknown people are trying to kidnap the wife and daughter of billionaire Andrei Gumilyov. The kidnapping is foiled thanks to a mysterious Indian with different-colored eyes. But a little time passes, and the billionaire’s young wife disappears without a trace in the remote Siberian taiga. A web of intrigue, deception and betrayal is woven around Gumilyov. Andrei, along with his four-year-old daughter Marusya and her beautiful nanny Margot, are lured into an ice trap by an Arctic expedition. There, on board the icebreaker "Russia", the special services are playing a dangerous game, the outcome of which depends on which side Andrei Gumilyov ends up on.