He lost everything that made up the meaning of his life - his service, his family, his home. The path of escape leads him, a former officer, to a small Ural town, into the convict wilderness. Here, Major Yan Klimov hopes to sit out the trouble: it is here, in the cold autumn wilderness, that he is unlikely to be found. But the house, bought with the last money, suddenly turns out to be full of strange secrets and miracles left over from the previous owner. Now Ian is waiting for amazing acquaintances and a road leading to other worlds unknown to the casual wanderer. After all, a peripheral town is a hub at the intersection of many parallel realities...