Can you imagine what it's like to be chased by pursuers - deadly, ruthless, obsessed fanatics? And what if, in addition, there are bloody showdowns within the enemy’s camp, a war of all against all, the destruction of even indirect witnesses?... But they are persecuting. For what? For the sake of a terrible secret that has been kept behind such seals for decades that even several lifetimes will not be enough to solve it... It is impossible to guess the denouement of the intrigue of the crime novels of M. Mart, a brilliant master of words and plot, until the very last page of his works. “The Snake Pit” is proof of this.