Ten-year-old Anton lives in a small town on the shore of the Sea of Japan. More than anything in the world, he wants to learn the truth about a mysterious staff that belonged to his grandfather. Sasha, a sixteen-year-old from St. Petersburg, tries to figure out who is following him and why. Fate brings the boys together in dramatic circumstances, but both are ready to help each other cope with problems that seem, at first, unsolvable.