The first half of the 19th century. In the estate of a ruined landowner, out in the rural wilderness, five of his daughters are bored. And then…
The calm flow of life is disrupted: a banished gentleman from the capital arrives at the village to visit his aunt—a handsome rake, Serg Sobolinsky. And soon after him comes a millionaire, the owner of a huge fortune, Count Lanin. Together with the count, evil itself appears in the district: the Indian diamond “One Hundred Suns in a Drop of Light,” a bloody trail reaching back from the depths of centuries. The sisters are drawn into a dramatic story with unexpected plot turns and an unpredictable ending…
Previously the book was published under the title “One Hundred Suns in a Drop of Light.”