According to an ancient legend, when Ea—the father of the gods—lost his beloved wife, he wept blood-red tears. And where they fell on the earth, his children appeared: the great gods. But one tear turned into a stone, and on the spot where it fell, the great Babylon rose. For thirty centuries, the descendants of proud Babylonians kept the God’s Tear hidden from outsiders, because ancient power was contained in that stone—and whoever takes hold of it will take hold of the entire world.
In our days, fate brings together a St. Petersburg translator, Yulia, and a businessman, Ivan, who has been unjustly accused of murdering his wife. By joining forces in the search for the real criminal, they—without meaning to—brush up against the secret of a mysterious artifact…