Paris, 1968: student riots, workers' strikes, the Fifth Republic risks collapsing, a new future is just around the corner. In the midst of the general sublime madness, the young romantic Herve discovers the corpse of a student he knows, monstrously mutilated and in a pose that clearly hints at yoga - and who should Herve turn to if not his older brother, a veteran of the Algerian war, a hardened cynic and, in addition, the policeman Jean-Louis Mersch ? Paris is about to burn like a match, there are riots on the streets, the police have no time for unknown maniacs, and three people are involved in the investigation: Jean-Louis is responsible for police work, Herve and Nicole, also a student and friend of the murdered woman, are responsible for the cultural context of which Jean-Louis does not understand and does not want to understand. In his new novel “Red Karma”, the recognized master, winner of numerous prestigious awards, intrepid explorer of evil Jean-Christophe Grange once again pushes the boundaries of the genre of historical detective thriller. This story will contain sinister sects, human cruelty, family secrets and fragile hope. Granger takes his characters on winding paths throughout Paris, then to India - to Calcutta and Varanasi, where a terrible, blood-stained truth will be revealed to them - and, finally, to the Vatican, where a solution will be revealed and, perhaps, hope will be reborn. These three could have become the heroes of Paris in 1968 - but no, they became the heroes of a completely different story, much creepier and bloodier. For the first time in Russian!