Finalʹnai︠a︡ kniga trilogii o prikli︠u︡chenii︠a︡kh neuemnoĭ monakhini Pelagii. Svoe poslednee delo nabozhnoĭ geroine pridetsi︠a︡ rasputyvatʹ na parokhode "Sevri︠u︡ga". Na nem pereplavli︠a︡etsi︠a︡ vesʹma raznosherstnai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡: i vorishka Kolobok, i nemt︠s︡y-kolonisty, i sodomity, i dukhobory, i zhidy, i "naĭdenyshi"... I vot vo vremi︠a︡ plavanii︠a︡ neskolʹko passazhirov okazyvai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ ubity pri vesʹma strannykh obstoi︠a︡telʹstvakh... Kto stoit za zagadochnym prestupleniem? Estʹ li v proiskhodi︠a︡shchem kakai︠a︡-to mistika ili ėto prostye sovpadenii︠a︡? I smozhet li Pelagii︠a︡ vybratʹsi︠a︡ t︠s︡eloĭ i nevredimoĭ s ėtogo nesushchego smertʹ parokhoda? The final book of the trilogy about the adventures of the unstoppable nun Pelagia. In her last case, the devout heroine will have to unravel on the steamship "Sevruga." On board, there is a very diverse company: the thief Kolobok, German colonists, sodomites, Doukhobors, Jews, and "foundlings"... And during the voyage, several passengers are killed under very strange circumstances... Who is behind this mysterious crime? Is there any mysticism in what is happening or are these just simple coincidences? And will Pelagia be able to escape unharmed from this death-carrying ship?