“The Goddess of the Morning Star appeared to him in the pre-dawn hour... her hair flowed like a golden stream over her body... the wreath on her brow was fragrant with mandrake flowers. This intoxicating honey smell carried him far, far away... where the road is reserved for mortals..." Is there any point in walking along it? After all, there are so many unsolved problems in life! The Rakitin family falls apart with the appearance of a young stepmother in the house. Adult children are perplexed and afraid, and for good reason. They turn to Astra Yeltsova for help. But Rakitin’s daughter could not be saved... Her death strangely resembles the Sumerian myth about the descent of the goddess Ishtar into the underworld. Or maybe everything is simpler and the criminal must be looked for on earth? The book was also published under a different title: “ Star of Babylon." Included in the cycle "Astra Eltsova" - No. 8