Makar lost the love of his life in tragic circumstances. Fifteen years later, he still cannot accept her death and, when he accidentally bumps into a witness from her inquest, it opens up an unhealed wound spurring Makar to finally track down his wife's killers and punish them at all costs. Nikolay has a vision of a beautiful mermaid near a lake. Whether it was real or only a dream, the mermaid promises to make all his wishes come true if he agrees to make a wooden statue in her image. Katia will do anything for her husband Arthur, so when he tells her that someone wants to kill him she agrees to move to Moscow with him immediately. But life in the capital is much harder than in the provinces, and it proves almost impossible to find decent employment.