Danzig on the eve of the Second World War. A beautiful stranger arrives at the bachelor apartment of physician and musician Martin Goldschlüssel and faints, preventing Martin and his two unusual friends from leaving the prewar city in time. When the secret services begin hunting the mysterious trio, it becomes clear that the new unknown has appeared in an already complex equation by no means accidentally; and the purpose of her appearance is impossible to understand without deep immersion in ancient and incredible secrets.
The intricate plot tapestry, woven from well-known fairy tales and ancient manuscripts, conceals a secret passage that leads the reader through the world of Jewish mysticism, the Crusades, Byzantine eroticism, antique magic, and onward to the origins of the Great Text…