Alex Shan-Girey, a writer of the highest rank, decides that he must regain himself and find freedom again. And so he breaks up with Manya Polivanova—the woman of his whole life and, on top of that, the author of popular detective stories. In his life, no one is allowed to take up so much space. He—Alex Shan-Girey—can’t stand being unfree.
And Manya Polivanova can’t stand lies and human suffering. And if Alex has decided, for some reason, to “free himself”—please! She needs to save Vladimir Beregovoy, the head of the IT department at the publishing house “Alphabet,” who gets pulled into an almost mystical story involving a vanished corpse. The corpse disappears from Sergei Balashov’s house—only to end up in Beregovoy’s car trunk. But it isn’t Balashov’s corpse. And, as it turns out, that unfortunate house isn’t Balashov’s at all…
Now Alex must act flawlessly and very quickly: Vladimir is accused of murder, and Manya—his Manya—faces danger, so he has to figure everything out. But how to find himself again, and—most importantly—understand what freedom is and what you’re willing to do for it…