Clash with an enemy worthy of Popelsky. Wroclaw, 1946. The post-war era has arrived, and now the famous former commissioner of the Lviv criminal police, Edward Popelsky, is forced to hide from the PPR Security Directorate. But now, here in Wroclaw, a little girl is kidnapped - the daughter of the all-powerful head of the city Security Department, and the scenario of thirteen years ago is mysteriously repeated, when the daughter of one of the “kings” of the Lviv underworld was also kidnapped. Popelsky is face to face with an enemy from the past. Only together with Eberhard Mock can he complete the hitherto inexplicable case. (From the Polish edition) Wroclaw, 1946. After many years of war, Eduard Popelsky was hiding from the Security Service. Only Leocadia, who was tortured in prison, can give him away. No one is safe in the new world. When a little girl dies in Wroclaw, the scenario from thirteen years ago, when the daughter of the Lviv underground king was kidnapped and raped, is repeated. Popelski must face an enemy from the past. Only together with Eberhard Mock will he be able to complete the hitherto inexplicable investigation. Lviv in 1933 and Wroclaw in 1946 are separated by the rivers of Aida - suffering, oblivion and crying. To explain a crime that happened many years ago, Popelski must go through hell again. This is the only chance for the former commissioner and his cousin to survive. “The Rivers of Hades” is the third part of the trilogy about Popelski, after “Erinyes” and “The Numbers of Charon”. Marek Krajewski, born 1966, writer, classical philologist. For many years he taught classes at the University of Wroclaw, which he abandoned in order to devote himself exclusively to writing books. Author of bestselling detective novels about Eberhard Mock and Edward Popelski. Their translations appeared in nineteen countries. Laureate of the M. Dr. Passport “Politics”, the Prize of the President of Wroclaw, the Prize of the Great Caliber. Received the title of Ambassador of Wroclaw.