About the book: 2017 / If Adam Kulakov, spoiled by wealth, success and love of children all over the world, had listened in time to the words of his puppeteer grandfather, he would never have been trapped in his own vanity. Now the little secret of the heir to the toy empire is in the hands of a blackmailer and, it seems, will cost him dearly. His grandfather also knows a lot about the price of a secret... Back in 1944, the gates of Auschwitz slammed behind the half-educated Russian doctor Arkady Kulakov. His simple toys made of wood and hospital gauze gave the last smile to the doomed children in the laboratory of one of the worst war criminals. His family knows part of the story. But what other secrets does the past hide??