Journalist Margarita Golub works for a tabloid newspaper. She has gotten good at obtaining information using methods far from morally justified. The hunt for yet another sensation draws her to her colleague—editor Kuzma Tel’yuk. Margarita has no idea that Kuzma isn’t at all as ordinary as he seems at first. Later she learns that he is a descendant of the ancientst lineage whose fate is inseparably linked to a famous and coveted Christian relic. Tel’yuk possesses unusual abilities—he is incomprehensible and unpredictable. The journalist is pulled into a chain of mysterious, and what’s more, mystical events. She has to run and save her life. And Kuzma runs too—enemies hunt them both. The fugitives must cross the continent and deliver the mysterious relic to where it is awaited. Will the heroes be able to avoid mortal danger and carry out their plan? And how will Margarita and Kuzma’s relationship develop afterward? She is in love with her colleague, but Kuzma is not free…