The new novel by Sergei Samsonov, the author of the acclaimed “The Kamlaev Anomaly,” is a true classic. Excellent style and sense of rhythm, a bizarrely twisted plot with an unexpected ending and an experience as if the author was lucky enough to live several lives at once. ...A terrible explosion in a Moscow commercial center takes the lives of hundreds of people. The wife of a famous plastic surgeon goes missing. It turns out that she had her own secret and very complex fate; several people who had never even heard of each other are now tightly connected. Will they find this mysterious woman, or is it better for her not to be found? Heartfelt lyricism, secrets of the highest echelons of power and a story of true love - this novel has everything that only great literature can give!