Two professional bodyguards voluntarily agree to help the young beauty Rachel Stone escape from the captivity of her oppressive husband, the evil tyrant of Papadropolis, who is ready to give up almost his entire enormous fortune for the return of the fugitive. Armed skirmishes with the personal guard of the Greek tycoon, deadly battles with the American mafia, and then with its Japanese “sister” - the yakuza - and no less dangerous confrontation with the machinations of political intriguers plunge both heroes into a seething whirlpool of unprecedented deceit and vile betrayal, sophisticated murders and cunning traps, tempting temptations and passionate love. Never before have the main characters of the novel “The Fifth Profession” experienced such intense struggle, requiring from them not only courage, but also mutual trust and support.