Viktor Klimenko

1595 : la guerre russo-finlandaise vient de se terminer. Deux frères finlandais font partie d'une commission qui a pour but de délimiter de nouvelles frontières. En chemin, ils sont responsables de la mort atroce d'une jeune russe. Un des frères, rongé par le remords, est hanté par le fantôme de la jeune fille. La commission décide de faire une halte dans un village situé dans un marais.

A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.

Viktor Kärppä was forced involuntarily in the middle of Russia's internal power struggle. Soon bunch of assassins as well as Security Police are trying to catch Kärppä. Kärppä's family is also in great danger. In order to save themselves and their families they need to resort to Kärppäs friend, the police Korhonen , as well as his brother Aleksei.