There are many seemingly boring professions in the world. For example, Carlos is an antiquities consultant in Budapest. A handsome, middle-aged Spaniard with no bad habits. The dream of any single lady over thirty. But what if he has been hiding a terrible secret that has changed his life for a quarter of a century? What if the solution to this mystery threatens the fate of European civilization? In the new novel by the author of historical detective stories, Anton Chizh, the plot rushes madly forward, like in the novels of Ian Fleming and Dan Brown! Intelligence secrets are intertwined with the secrets of the ancients, and a chance meeting with a fearless journalist forever deprives Carlos of peace of mind.