“People are the greatest creation of evolution, the pinnacle of nature’s creation, the fruit of long centuries of creation, destruction and change. But they have no idea about this, believing in the lies of an all-forgiving and merciful God. It’s a pity they don’t know that God is only the source of their life, energy, without which the Universe cannot exist. And if I just press the button, everything will be plunged into darkness.” Chicago, 1930s. William Bell is a skilled gambler and a young surgeon. He was always lucky at cards and on the operating table. William had been a little less lucky in life, but he believed that he had not yet sufficiently understood the rules of the game. When it came to his friends, William Bell could rightfully consider himself the unluckiest man in his life. William Bell did not like lackeys. But it was he who got this role. Shaking off the dust and carefully putting the skeletons back in the closet - these are now his duties as the butler of the Universe.