Kirill Vatsura returns from rescue work on the Caucasian glacier to his hometown. And suddenly he is drawn into a circle of dangerous and inexplicable events. Calls demanding to obey the unknown, the corpse of a man in the dark “nine” that was pursuing Watsura, threats against his beloved girl Irina, her disappearance and, finally, the police “tail”... In the end, Watsura ended up in the Caucasus, in the very place from just arrived. Here he will have to do the impossible to get to the bottom of the truth. Against him is not only a dangerous gang of criminals, not only the forces of law and order, but also the wild forces of nature: avalanches, glaciers, cold winds and sharp rocks. And also your own conscience, which does not allow you to relax even for a minute...