Going to her beloved’s birthday party, a young history teacher Evgeniya Korshunova had no idea this day would turn her whole life upside down—and that soon she would be pulled into a maelstrom of mysterious murders, ancient legends, and investigation secrets. In the park next to an old estate—where the university is located, at which Zhenya teaches—the mutilated body of a girl is discovered: her head is shaved bald, her eyes are gouged out, and a strange black ribbon hangs around her neck. The murder imitates, down to the smallest detail, the death of Countess Orlova, who died a terrible death several centuries ago. Who committed the cruel murder in the park? Will there be other victims? Why did the killer shave the victim’s hair and gouge out her eyes? While the investigation has many questions and not a single answer…