Once, the whole city lived in fear of a horrifying maniac known as the Electric—because all his many victims died in agonies from electric shock. Little by little, the old nightmares were forgotten: the captured villain had long since died in prison. But then, ten years later, the killings resume—one to one, just like the maniac used to do. Has an unknown imitator of the Electric appeared in the city? And if not—then who?
There is something ominous in the pattern of all these deaths. Private detective Igor Savelyev and the police officer Konstantin Prishvin puzzle over it. The truth that emerges forces the investigators to experience what they call a terrible terror…