Memento Mori
Colonel Ostankovich, the commander of a special police department in St. Petersburg and the man who put his honesty on the line by swearing that not a single item would be lost in the Hermitage under his command, receives a report of a brief alarm failure in the Hermitage. He suspects something has happened. In order not to lose his reputation, he contacts Maxim Durand through Larisa Svetlova. Because of his past, Maxim is at his disposal and must help him.