“This is not the first time they have come here to hunt .. It all started quietly and peacefully.". That's how, quietly and peacefully, begins a new criminal novel by Mikhail Mart .. But there is a tragedy here.... Pursuing a large beast while hunting in the mountains of Abkhazia, two friends: a former special forces officer, a master of sports in shooting Gleb and his much less combat and sports friend Igor decide to split up. And by a ridiculous accident Gleb kills Igor . Realizing that he cannot escape prison, he burys a corpse in the forest and hopes to hide the murder. But events take a fatal turn when a corrupt major named Michas learns about what happened, who, blackmailing Gleb, tries to turn him into a cold-blooded hired killer. Next, the action develops rapidly, like an avalanche descending from the mountains, which gradually captures more and more characters. Sincere and loving wife of Gleb, two former prostitutes-clophiles Kira and Vera, guardian of a bandit community, naive Major Voronikhin and an experienced investigator Shklovsky and a huge number of other equally colorful personalities Betrayal, violence, blackmail and an endless chain of brutal, bloody and sophisticated murders Will Gleb be able to find a way out of this deadly whirlpool?