Even the great geniuses, whom we are accustomed to seeing in portraits and in textbooks as venerable elders, were once young. And this youth, as usual, was stormy - the age of frantic passions, love affairs, dangerous adventures and mortal risks. Michelangelo Buonarotti was no exception, from a young age he fought not only against darkness, barbarism and chaos, but also with his own demons. 1496 Florence is plagued by a plague and a merciless serial killer-strangler. Ominous rumors are spreading that this is not just a maniac, but a fiend of hell - either a ghost, or a revived statue of a cruel pagan god. Suspected of involvement in the murders, accused of “godlessness” and “debauchery,” Michelangelo is forced to investigate this mysterious case at his own risk...