The time of action is the end of the 20s of the 20th century, the place of action is the Solovetsky camp, the infamous Solovki. Fear and courage, a desperate desire to survive, to understand the main thing in yourself and life - all this becomes the background of a passionate love story of two heroes: the prisoner Artem Goryainov and the security officer Galina. This is love on the edge of the abyss, because Galina's common-law husband is the all-powerful camp commander Fedor Eichmanis.