At the center of events is Lev Garin: a charismatic and attractive corrupt customs officer. "Bad" according to generally accepted concepts, but "good" within the framework of a specific intrigue. The story begins with a high-profile crime: a major businessman Plato and his wife Ariadne, who was also Leo's lover, disappeared without a trace. The protagonist is faced with a choice: to give in to the blackmailers and endanger his career, or not to give in and endanger Ariadne's life. As events unfold, the love affair between Ariadne and Leo turns out to be not just a trap, but an abyss into which the whole life of the hero falls. No longer counting on saving himself, but desperately trying to find a way to save his family, Leo seeks to understand who and for what is taking revenge on him so consistently and subtly.
Ivan sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to save his ex-commander Grey after his capture by ISIS. With the help of U.S. military patrols, he succeeds in freeing Grey and attempts to escape the country while being hunted by terrorists.
A young russian language and literature teacher , Anna Fedorova, goes to a yacht party with old friends. As the morning comes, Anna jumps into the sea, while the others are still sleeping. In a wet dress, barefoot, with bruises and abrasions all over her body, the woman goes to the police station and makes a rape allegation. She accuses her friends, influential people in the city, of the crime. The case causes enormous resonance, and the investigation sheds light on events from the past of all those involved in the case. It is not so much the alleged rapists who find themselves under the fire of public condemnation, but Anna herself.
In the nursing home "Bumps" every day is similar to the previous one. Old people set fire to napkins in the dining room, the manager paints the walls herself, and the benefactor gives coffins instead of medicines. Everything changes when a friend, nicknamed the Joker, comes to one of the guests. He decides to prove to everyone that it's too early to die, but to shake the old days is the very thing. Together with a former theater actress, the trio comes up with an unusual business and quickly comes to success: life in the "Cones" becomes a resort! That's just energetic pensioners have become competitors of local bandits…
A 13-year-old girl grows up between a boxing ring and the street. Her friends are guys who kill and rob. In the 1990s the whole city hates them, but for Masha they are the best people in the world, who love and protect her. She sings them jazz and dreams of becoming a singer. But one day Masha learns who they actually are and what they have done to her life and family. She matures, leaves the small city for Moscow, trying to break with her past. But one day the past stands directly before her.
An American journalist learns of a secret plan to destabilize Russia in order to destroy the United States. All this is called the "RED PROPHECIES" project, but who is behind it? Special services, oligarchs or terrorists?!
An American journalist learns of a secret plan to destabilize Russia in order to destroy the United States. All this is called the "RED PROPHECIES" project, but who is behind it? Special services, oligarchs or terrorists?!