This place is called the Black Cauldron for a reason. Once, it held one of the most terrifying camps where enemies of Soviet power were exiled—and even earlier, ancient tombs. Black diggers and archaeologists are drawn here like a magnet, yet no expedition has ever returned. Artem takes on the job of accompanying an exploratory archaeological group to the Black Cauldron, led by a young researcher, Inga. Both of them are irresistibly drawn to each other, but Artem’s heavy sense of a trap that is about to close behind their backs only grows stronger…