Igor Zhdanov is a popular actor. For many years he has played the same role — a clever detective in the popular series. He was the hero of all fails, he defends the downtrodden and save the doomed. One day, returning from filming in his native St. Petersburg, Igor is in a compartment with a strange companion — Savichev. He is clearly scared about something. Igor, putting on the table a bottle of vodka, Savichev offers to get rid of fear in the traditional way.

On a remote island in Southeast Asia, a team of scientists, studying the regenerative properties of the salamander, discovers what their Bangkok headquarters refer to as "The Priceless Gift": an elixir of life. News of the discovery travels quickly, and profiteers begin to circle the island, only to find out just how dangerous a discovery it is. During the research process, they also uncovered an unstoppable disease. When the research team goes missing, it leaves behind a warning: that the disease has spread, and is threatening to go global. Special forces and mercenaries from around the world descend on the island, making apparent that there is more at stake than just profit and ambition, but the survival of humanity.

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

Two women who bear the same name and born of the same father, but do not know each other and do not suspect their kinship. However, their meeting is predetermined...