Just yesterday, police major Denis Malkov caught thieves, smashed criminal gangs, worked with agents, and today he is in Butyrka. The boundaries of the law, as it turns out, are a fluid thing. An old informant, whom Malkov once saved from prison, led his curator to the monastery. All hope is in an experienced lawyer - Vitaly Kozyrev, he knows how to make the law work correctly: he has won the most complex trials more than once, more than once he has found himself between a rock and a hard place - criminals and cops. He knows how easily the sword of justice can be turned into a bandit's sharpener. After all, Themis has a blindfold over her eyes...