King Leonidas's Shield

Legend has it that this old shield belonged to the mythical Heracles himself—the one with whom he performed his deeds. Now the shield has gone to the ruler of Sparta, Leonidas, who with only three hundred warriors heroically fought the Persians in the Vale of Thermopylae… And lately, Alina Vorobyova has started to notice that something inexplicable is happening in her life. Things in her apartment are out of place, she can barely remember anything from her childhood and youth, and now, under the guise of a neighbor, an unknown girl has come to visit—supposedly looking for a plunger—but she clearly needs something in Alina’s apartment…