A chance meeting with a girl dramatically changes Alexei's fate many years after this meeting. Alexei is investigating the disappearance of a Russian mathematician working for an American genetics company. Alexei manages to find the fugitive, who turns out to be either a genius or a madman. His discovery is striking in its planetary scale and gives Alexei an exciting opportunity to correct a tragic accident in his family twenty years ago. Alexey becomes a central figure in checking the authenticity of the discovery.