Archaeologist Lyusha, inspired by Heinrich Schliemann’s success story, persistently searches for treasures. For gentle, kind Tasi, her own home has become a place of confinement, and now she has nowhere to run from the bitter truth of the past. Fedor, a talented master and specialist in makeup, decides on a bold disguise. A gorge of Kudara, a botanical garden, an amazing world of illusions. Anna Basner plunges the reader into the reverse side of miracles—causes pain and also offers consolation. The heroes face a choice: insight or ignorance? Egoism or self-sacrifice? Love sometimes takes unexpected forms. This book is about that.