A modern urban melodrama, the main characters of which, by force of circumstances, are involved in a difficult everyday situation, the exit from which will be a turning point in life for everyone ...

A young man named Kesha returns to his village after a long absence. He has completed a prison term but now simply wants to live a quiet, normal life. His younger brother, only 17, has plans for college. However, the brothers’ perspectives on the future shift dramatically when Kesha joins a gold-mining crew.

A daring assassination attempt is made on a prominent businessman and public figure. As the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that a deeply covert militant organization is operating in the country, made up of intelligence agency personnel. Matveev's old friend, General Sokolovsky, asks him to infiltrate the organization.