To meet the devil, you need to believe in him. As long as people believed in evil spirits, they also lived freely. But the era of scientific thinking came, and otherworldly forces had to enter into a fierce struggle for existence. The fight takes place in a scientific town, just built in the middle of the remote taiga on the very spot where another city stood in ancient times - a gloomy citadel with a tower of torture and a labyrinth of dungeons, inhabited by demons. Terrible miracles await the new residents of Academy Town - researchers, builders, students, homeless people, criminals: incidents that will make frightened people believe in the power of the devilish army of the Icy Darkness. But along with this faith comes another - indestructible human hope for salvation and help from the forces of good...