After a long life in the capital, Rodion returns to his hometown port city, Morelsk. He transfers to the conservatory, but ends up in the second lineup because of the ambitious soloist Michel.
At the same time, in Morelsk, a wave of deaths is sweeping through—the conservatory students are found drowned. By chance, Rodion gets drawn into a whirlwind of strange events: together with his friend Kris, he unravels sea legends, and at the conservatory he tries to win the right to perform Orpheus’s part instead of Michel.