At the insistence of his parents, Taichi had to give up further studies and marry a girl he did not know, Akjemal. And her heart was given to someone else, a young man from her village.

The main character Akmuraz is an experienced ranger of the reserve, a man in love with his work, a devoted defender of nature. He and his friends, a scientist named Batyr, a militia captain named Sultanov, and vigilantes, are actively fighting against poachers who are predationally exterminating jeyran.