Erynie

Popielski, tormented by remorse after the murder of Małecki, goes to a mass for little Henio Pytka. Unfortunately, a second victim appears. The murderer writes a telegram to Popielski, inviting him to play. Popielski suspects that his son Jerzyk may be the victim. There is a confrontation with the murderer, Edward recognizes his face and calls him Herod.

Herod is not idle, he kidnaps Popielski's son. The situation is getting out of control. You failed, Lodzia did not take care of Jerzyk, Popielski swears revenge on Herod and the whole world. Herod meets Popielski at a closed swimming pool, in his mouth he hid an ampoule with the address of Jerzyk's detention. Popielski kills Herod, but the ampoule is empty. Someone taunted him.

Popielski lost Lviv, strength and health. Together with a group of repatriates, he goes to Wrocław. There he meets Eberhard Mock, head of the criminal police in Breslau. Edward knows him from the Minotaur case. Now, however, Eberhard has to flee Poland, along with a wave of German refugees. Edward decides to exchange Lewicki for Lodzia, Mock suspects the ruse, but "Łyssy" has nothing to lose.

Wrocław in 1946 is the world after the apocalypse. Everyone seems to be tainted by evil. And yet, in Popielski's poor apartment, someone special appears. Professor Stefanus, a man who absolutely believes in human evolution towards good. He comes to Popielski with a job offer. The detective is to discover who, among the students of Stefanus's secret philosophy course, is the informer. Circumstantial evidence indicates that one of the three girls is a spy.

Lodzia, after the torture chamber of the UB, ends up in the hospital, she is very ill, and Edward takes care of her with great care. Following her tip, Popielski goes on the trail of three Soviet soldiers. There, his paths cross with Captain Mikhail Chernikov, who, looking for Soviet stragglers, tracks Popielski. The result of this cooperation is the capture of one of Koldashov's rapists and his public execution.

During the investigation, Popielski finds a trail of a strange Russian - Boroszwili, who hangs around Murawski's house. Following him, he ends up at Szaberplatz, where Boroszwili is doing business with Colonel Bogdylov himself. Now everything is starting to come together. Edward notifies Chernikov, who launches an internal investigation into the case of Boroshvili and Bogdylov.