Alexander Berg comes to Petersburg not out of a whimsical desire, but out of professional necessity: to resolve an issue that determines not only his life, but, more importantly, the honor of a surgeon. As it happens, he becomes involved in an underground operation. And at the very moment when it seems to Alexander that the whole world is against him, he meets a girl—one look from her not only disperses fear, but melts the ice, brings the shores together. Yes, she looks like the Snow Queen, but her eyes are warm, with cheerful little sparks, and her name is like the hottest summer month—August…