About the book: 2012 / Moscow, 1936. The body of a girl, disfigured by diabolical torture, was found in the church. Before Captain Korolev has time to establish the identity of the deceased, an American nun, the thief Tesak falls into the clutches of the executioner... He is ready to reveal the location of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, which has already cost the life of the bride of Christ. Will Korolev, being under the close supervision of the NKVD, be able to find the person who started these bloody inquiries??