At the heart of this thrilling, action-packed novel are the adventures of the elusive and fearless Illarion Zabrodov, known to readers from the previous books by Andrey Voronin. By a twist of circumstances, he becomes one of the witnesses to a terrible incident on the highway. The other witnesses are killed—only Zabrodov remains. A former special forces instructor plays with fire, starting his own investigation. They try to buy him, scare him, and then—destroy him. But it doesn’t work. Great training in a special forces unit once again saves his life. He expertly carries out an operation to eliminate one of the capital’s oligarchic clans.