Private detective Maksimov finds himself drawn into a deadly cycle of events related to the election of the head of the city. First, one of the candidates for the position of mayor dies. Then a teenager who accidentally witnessed his murder disappears. Student Svetlana, the only surviving witness, faces imminent death, but Maksimov comes to her aid in time. Now they are both in mortal danger. There is no doubt that one of the candidates is taking a bloody road to power, removing any obstacle in his way. This man is invulnerable, unsinkable and very influential. A journalist who tried to help Maksimov and Svetlana dies from a sniper’s bullet. A former FSB employee with revealing information dies. The fugitives are feverishly looking for a way out of a hopeless situation, trying to confront the criminal candidate and destroy him...