For over a decade, Assad worked in the Copenhagen police's 'Q' unit, remaining an enigmatic figure. How did he end up in the Danish police force? What is known about his past? And what lies behind his name? A newspaper photograph of Syrian refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean in search of a better life, and the tragic death of one of the unfortunate women captured by a Spanish journalist, awakens the demons of the past that have tormented Assad for years. And at the same time, the countdown begins to a catastrophe destined for the very heart of Europe. Ghalib, Assad's mortal enemy, is plotting these monstrous crimes. And Ghalib is holding Assad's dearest hostage. For the first time in Russian!