V den' vyborov provintsial'nyy telekanal reshaet perebit' reytingi, vypustiv nepoliticheskoe tok-shou. Odnako rassledovanie dela cheloveka poteryavshego pamyat', vedushcheesya zhurnalistkoy Yunonoy Yaglovoy i montazhyerom Kirillom Veranshchukom, neozhidanno vtyagivaet ikh v politicheskie intrigi vokrug mera goroda, svyazi s mafiey i gorodskoy elitoy. Kniga napisana ot perezhivaniy raboty montazhyerom na novosibirskom kanale. Mnogie personazhi i situatsii imeyut real'nye osnovy.