Vladimir Solovyov—once, in him, Настя Каменская was in love; now he is a successful translator and a deeply unhappy disabled person. The current situation requires that Nastya meet him again and engage him in a complex psychological game. Much is connected with the cottage settlement where Solovyov lives: it seems a maniac is living there who has taken the lives of nine young men. And right here, at Solovyov’s cottage, a double murder occurs. Another maniac? Or something else? Nastya feels that the solution is nearby. But what will help her find it? Maybe the poems of an ancient Japanese poet?