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Vo vremi͡a taĭnoĭ religioznoĭ t͡seremonii v otdalennoĭ provint͡sii Zimbabve na glazakh u soten zriteleĭ bessledno ischezaet amerikanskiĭ diplomat. Spet͡sialʹnomu agentu Grei͡u porucheno rassledovanie ėtogo dela. On - chelovek, ne sklonnyĭ k mistike i vere v sverkhʺestestvennoe, no kak obʺi͡asnitʹ proizoshedshee s rat͡sionalʹnoĭ tochki zrenii͡a? Chem bolʹshe Greĭ ezdit po strane i obshchaetsi͡a s raznymi li͡udʹmi, tem i͡asnee stanovitsi͡a, chto emu prishlosʹ stolknutʹsi͡a s krovavym kulʹtom, korni kotorogo ukhodi͡at v glubinu vekov i v samye temnye i neizvedannye ugolki Afriki. Verkhovnyĭ zhret͡s N"anga ne ostanovitsi͡a ni pered chem, chtoby dobitʹsi͡a svoikh t͡seleĭ, - li͡ubogo, kto stanet u nego na puti, zhdet muchitelʹnai͡a smertʹ. No Greĭ ne privyk otstupatʹ.

An American diplomat disappears without a trace in front of hundreds of spectators during a secret religious ceremony in a remote province of Zimbabwe. Special Agent Gray has been assigned to investigate the case. He is a man who is not inclined to mysticism and belief in the supernatural, but how to explain what happened from a rational point of view? The more Gray travels around the country and interacts with different people, the clearer it becomes that he had to face a bloody cult whose roots go back centuries and into the darkest and most unexplored corners of Africa. The High Priest of N'ang will stop at nothing to achieve his goals — anyone who gets in his way will face a painful death. But Gray wasn't used to backing down.