This story begins with the fact that special forces soldier Gleb Sokolov receives an urgent task - to take out a group of archaeologists and their super-valuable cargo from the foothills of Ossetia. At this moment, the hero does not yet know that according to legend, the damned treasure of Ashinov, the last Khazar kings, is hidden in these places. Nor does he know that accidentally touching an ancient shrine will trigger a series of murders. And at the scene of the murder there will always be a gold coin with the inscription - "Joseph the Blessed King of Khazar." On behalf of this long-dead king, an ongoing war will be declared, and the mountains will be generously watered with blood. And the Khazar treasure will turn out to be Slavic by a good third - Greek bowls, a Russian sword and a golden princely hryvnia. The mountain pass, sheltered by snow, reluctantly reveals secrets and how the multi-stage pyramid leads back centuries.