Cardiac surgeon Ilya Ladynin, nicknamed "Lancet", received at the medical institute for his passion for surgery, is on the verge of despair: his wife died unexpectedly, his son blames him for his mother’s death and moves to his grandmother. Only work can "cure", but the most terrible nightmare of any surgeon comes true - Ilya begins tremor of hands. Ladynin loses the patient and can no longer operate. He is already ready to leave medicine, but receives an unexpected offer - to head the department of the hospital, which is engaged in internal investigations. Ilya decides that the new appointment will help to figure out what went wrong in treating his wife ...
