Legend has it that this old shield belonged to the mythical Hercules, it was with him that he performed his exploits. Now the shield went to the ruler of Sparta, Leonid, who heroically fought with only three hundred soldiers against the Persians in the Thermopylae gorge.…Recently, Alina Vorobyova began to notice that something incomprehensible was happening in her life. Things in her apartment turn out to be out of place, she remembers almost nothing from her childhood and youth, and now, under the guise of a neighbor, an incomprehensible girl came to visit, allegedly for a plunger, but she clearly needs something in Alina's apartment.... A new edition of the detective bestseller. - Artefact-detective novels, which focus on puzzles related to ancient objects with mystical powers. - Natalia Alexandrova is a master of the genre and the author of many books. - The series "Fatal Artifact".