A mystical novel by the founder of the detective story as a genre of literature. In the amazing story of the intricacies of the destinies of the book's heroes, the author's passion for action-packed storytelling is clearly visible. At the center of events are two distant relatives with the same names - Allan Armadel. The father of one of them killed the father of the second when their sons were still babies, and soon died himself, leaving his son a letter confessing what he had done. The novel