The main character of Max Fry’s new novel, Philip, wastes his time sitting in his friend’s empty dacha, burning the books he has just written in an attempt to find a new meaning for his own life. A sudden call from his father brings him to Vilnius.
In his old house, in the basement, an old collector of keys—hardened by experience—and his son discover a strange door: an antique object from the 15th century with a cunning lock and a carved depiction of Hecate. What does it hide and where did it come from—those are the riddles Philip sets out to solve. Searching for the key that opens the ancient lock and its secret, he plunges into a world of antique dealers and gallery owners, artists and dreamers.