Sasha Gardin—friend of amateur detective Mieczysław Bulgarin—disappeared without a trace. Along with him vanished a statue that had recently appeared at his place: a bronze warrior lying on a banquet couch, on whose pedestal the words “Spartakus” are written. According to legend, Spartakus can change the past of its owner. If Gardin vanished without a trace, the thread leading to the statue can be found—there are witnesses who saw how Sasha’s former wife had taken it away.
However, Valeria swears she never saw any bronze warrior. Moreover, it was she who turned to Bulgarin for help in hopes of finding Gardin.