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Novinka ot mastera aziatskih trillerov Dzhun Hyor. 1758 god, Choson. Vosemnadtsatiletnyaya Hyon — nezakonnorozhdennaya doch gosudarstvennogo sluzhaschego. Takim, kak ona, tyazhelo dobitsya vysot v obschestve. No blagodarya upornomu trudu i uspeham v uchebe Hyon udaetsya poluchit dolzhnost dvortsovoy medsestry. Vse, chego ona hochet — horosho vypolnyat svoyu rabotu i, vozmozhno, nakonets-to zasluzhit odobrenie otchuzhdennogo ottsa. No vnezapno Hyon stanovitsya nevolnoy svidetelnitsey temnyh i opasnyh politicheskih igr: kto-to ubivaet chetyreh zhenschin za odnu noch, a glavnaya podozrevaemaya — ee blizkaya podruga i nastavnitsa. Reshiv dokazat nevinovnost lyubimoy uchitelnitsy, Hyon nachinaet sobstvennoe taynoe rassledovanie. V poiskah pravdy ona znakomitsya s molodym inspektorom politsii Odzhinom, kotoryy takzhe razyskivaet ubiytsu. Kogda uliki nachinayut ukazyvat na prichastnost k delu naslednogo printsa, Hyon i Odzhin obedinyayut svoi usiliya. Oni gotovy obyskat samye temnye ugolki dvortsa i podvergnut svoi zhizni smertelnoy opasnosti — oni gotovy na vse, chtoby raskryt eto krovavoe prestuplenie.