About the book: 2008 / Every day he hangs on the brink of death, feels its chilling breath behind his back. Death looks at him through the eyes of thieves, murderers and bandits; it takes away his friends, associates and loved ones. But he is obliged to survive and for this he became a detective, a hunter, an animal, having learned that not every friend is reliable, not every criminal is an enemy... All of post-war Odessa knows him - Lieutenant Colonel of the Criminal Investigation Department David Gotsman, but his enemy, the leader, studied him best of all gang Academician, for whom getting rid of the hated cop is a matter of principle.