They were brought together by an incident, a strange incident that could have been a tragedy, but fortunately, everything ended safely. Holly Thorne, a talented journalist, witnesses how an unknown man, who appeared as if from nowhere, pulls out from under the wheels of a teenager's car - at the last moment when the death of the boy was already, it seems, inevitable. Journalist's intuition tells her: here he is, a hero who will be in her career a start to professional heights. But everything turns out differently .. Jim Ironhart, who saved the boy, has an amazing property - inside him there is something that pushes Jim to quit everything and go, fly, run to save a person. The child is, the adult is not important. He cannot resist, the power that governs him is above his will and mind. Jim does not understand her nature, he is depressed, confused, he is exhausted morally. And Holly eventually realizes that the purpose of her life is not professional growth, her goal is to save a person. Save yourself from yourself. The novel is published in a new translation.