1994 year. The small Ural town of Kamenny is famous for its mines and the legend of the incredible emeralds of the local princess Maria Tumanova, nicknamed Basiliskaya by the people.
1996 year. After serving two years in prison, Kirill, the youngest son of Larisa Artyomova, the financial director of the mine, returns home. Her eldest son Roman
1998 year. The novel, together with Alena's classmate Anya, returns to Kamenny. He is now a successful and wealthy businessman, and Alena and Ilya hardly make money by selling pies on the road.
year 2001. Alyona's daughter Tanyusha is already two years old. The girl has a special bond with Basiliska. Her favorite toy is a ring with an emerald - her mother's only jewel.
Ilya's car repair shop burns down. He himself miraculously remains alive. The bandits come home to Alena and Ilya and urgently demand to return the debt. Ilya is "put on the counter". Alena asks Julius for a loan.
2003 year. Ilya was sentenced to five years of general regime; it is not easy for him in the colony. Alena and Tanya barely survive. They are saved only by the girl's special talent - to find first-class emerald ore in the forest. Maltsev
Ilya invites Alena to abandon jewelry in favor of the state, but she does not want to hear about it - for her this is a long-awaited chance for a comfortable life.
2015 year. Becoming the mayor, Alena takes revenge on Larisa Artyomova - strangles her business. Tanya is sixteen years old, but she has no friends at school.
Roman spends more and more time with Tanya, trying to find out from her where the box with the Tumanov jewelry is. Anya abandons Roman and leaves Kamenny. Meanwhile, Tanya is tormented by nightmares - she is dreaming of a Basilisk .
2017 year. Tanya has been looking for Tumanova's box for two years now. She believes that this is the only way to save her mother. Roman sees in Tanya the atonement for his sins. He proposes to her and gives her a Tuman ring.
Larissa kicks Kirill out of the house. After several days of drinking, he asks his former fellow priest to leave him in the monastery. Larisa presents her grandson Sergei with expensive gifts
The fire is extinguished. Roman saves Tatyana from the fire. She recalls that someone locked her in her room during the fire, although no signs of arson were found.
The novel goes to the police and writes a statement about the disappearance of Tanya. Larisa confesses to Roman that his father is Arkady Beketov. And this means that the Tumanovs' box belongs to him by right of blood
Tanya comes to the jeweler Julius - she has nowhere else to go. And he lets her stay. Beketov, continuing his search for Tanya, arrives at Kamenny. The novel tells him that they are half-brothers, they have one father
In a dream, Tanya suddenly remembers the last words of her father before his death - perhaps this is a clue about the whereabouts of the box. Julius becomes obsessed with stones and locks up the girl, hoping to find out the truth from her.
Beketov, having learned that Tanya went to Kamenny, parted with the bride and followed her. Maryana calls Roman and tells him where Tanya is. Roman, along with Sergei, rush to find her.
