This story goes back to those ancient times, when a terrible tumor of corruption appeared in the Soviet state. Desperate daredevils, led by the heads of the prosecutor's office and state security A. Rekunkov, V. Naydenov and Yu. Andropov, began an open war with evil spirits, not hoping for ultimate success and an easy victory. Among them are state security major Grigory Krestov and prosecutor’s office investigator Danila Kovshov. Unaware of each other's existence, they enter into a dangerous battle with an enemy who is confident that nothing can happen to him. A new novel by the master of Russian action-packed prose.