In December 1913, a series of attacks on the cash boxes of military units took place in Primorye. The sentries were stabbed to death, as well as the spotters who helped the bandits get to the money. All the victims were killed in a brutal way: their chest was opened and their right lung was pulled out, still alive... The new novel by Nikolai Svechin is new adventures and investigations of the famous detective Alexei Lykov. This time he will have to clash with a dangerous maniac obsessed with the Chinese. Primorye will tremble from a series of bloody murders, but the culprit will be caught. At any cost.