V sobstvennom zagorodnom dome ubit professor universiteta, archeolog. Grabiteli nichego ne vzyali, chotya v dome bylo chem pozhivit′sya. A cherez nekotoroe vremya propala aspirantka professora, s kotoroj pozhilogo uchenogo svyazyval ne tol′ko interes k antichnoj kul′ture YUga Rossii. Sledstvie v tupike. Otchayavshijsya otec devushki, krupnyj biznesmen s bol′shimi svyazyami, obrashhaetsya k podpolkovniku specsluzhby v otstavke Sergeyu Leonidovichu Soshnikovu. Emu predstoit rasputat′ ves′ma chitroumnoe prestuplenie i zatejlivye svyazi, kotorye tyanutsya za predely strany i v proshloe…