For the first time in his life, Prokhor Kozhukhov’s gang instinct failed him. A short fun with a random acquaintance turned out to be part of the competitors’ insidious plan to eliminate the intractable authority. And Prokhor thundered to his bunk for a crime he did not commit. But it is not in his rules to give up. He strives with all his might to go free and solve his problems: to deal with his wife, who has designs on his business, to gather his scattered accomplices and find the one who put him behind bars... The seasoned thief in law is unaware that his current troubles are an echo of one long ago betrayal that broke the union of two lovers...