How often you want to quit your job and go on vacation! Colonel Lev Gurov did just that. An elite boarding house in the middle of the Ural forests promised wholesome communion with nature. If only it were that simple. On the second day of his vacation, Gurov witnessed a robbery of his neighbor—a wealthy businessman. The attackers got away, and the colonel realized he wouldn’t have any more vacation. Throwing everything aside, he began an investigation. The trail led him almost to the criminals’ lair. But before he learned what kind of people were hiding there, he was hit over the head and lost consciousness…