Is it possible to be an outstanding scientist and at the same time a dishonest person? Is it possible to sacrifice the career of one person to save thousands of lives?.. A mysterious neighbor, young and attractive, who does not want to communicate with anyone, arouses general curiosity and idle speculation. Perhaps he is a fugitive from justice? Or is he carrying out a secret government mission? Or, finally, is he a victim of fatal passion? Decima’s love, it would seem, brings back to life Grant Vereker, who had withdrawn from the world. But the mysterious past inexorably gets in the way of lovers...