1990s. On the eve of the next presidential election, exactly what the ruling elite of the country would not like so much is happening - the murder in the residence of the State Duma speaker, which cannot be solved in hot pursuit. It seems that someone decided to demonstrate to voters the helplessness and worthlessness of the existing government. Police Colonel Lev Ivanovich Gurov, who was entrusted with this work at the request of the speaker himself, is not at all interested in high politics - he just needs to find and detain the killer. And not everyone wants this... ("Scarlet Blood")