Collegiate assessor Alexey Lykov is not destined to rest on his laurels, enjoying the cozy comfort of his home among children and a beauty of a wife. Service calls him again to a dangerous assignment. This time, Lykov must go to Warsaw and investigate several crimes. Russian officers are savagely murdered—thrown out with their bellies cut open to die… The authorities could easily blame it on ordinary criminals, if not for Lykov’s stubbornness: risking his life, he manages to uncover a conspiracy on a state scale!