The beautiful, elegant and educated Alex Řehořovský discovers after his father's suicide that their factory is heavily in debt. No one understands where such a substantial fortune went, but none of Alex's former friends or his father's friends are able or willing to help. And so in the end there is only one option left for him... The complex journeys of his further life, full of twists and turns and adventures, are discussed in this extensive four-part novel.