Is the profession of a journalist dangerous? Of course, it is dangerous if it covers the course of military operations in the “hot spots” of the planet. But Veronica works for a secular magazine and is collecting material for an article about a Turkish resort. One can envy her - she is married to a rich man and does what she loves for her own pleasure. Here, only the sun and oriental men are hot. But it is the spouse’s money that brings trouble. Veronica is kidnapped. Chained in a stuffy basement, she waits an agonizingly long time for a ransom to be paid for her. But something went wrong... Instead of returning, she ends up first in a harem, and then in a nightmarish illegal brothel. The death of a friend, a disfigured face and one disturbing question - why wasn’t she given to her husband?..