On a snowy highway near the northern town of Kostomuksha, police find the frozen corpse of a woman in a frozen car. The victim turns out to be the wife of investigator Evgeniy Rudin. The rage that has seized the hero leads him along the path of senseless cruelty, the victims of which can be both innocent people and those close to Rudin. Evgeniy finds unexpected support in the person of a strange boy, Mitya. Meanwhile, the killings continue.
