As a result of a terrorist attack in a small provincial town in Minnesota, several dozen people are killed, including the state governor. Luther Tillman, a local sheriff who found many of the circumstances of the case suspicious, was removed from the investigation under pressure from billionaire David James Michael. Tillman continues to conduct the investigation at his own risk, and his search leads him to Kentucky, to a place inhabited by “adjusted” people - those who were victims of an inhuman experiment. By force of circumstances, Jane Hawk also finds herself there, also hunting a billionaire killer. Will they, by joining forces, be able to cope with a man for whom the law and human life mean nothing? Or will they also fall victims of a ruthless criminal?..The novel is being published in Russian for the first time!