The assassination in Sarajevo marks the beginning of one of humanity's greatest catastrophes!While the rulers of various European countries continue to bid themselves into ruin, the private lives of our protagonists also fall further and further apart. Supposedly spurned love, gambling addiction, vanity, wounded pride the author draws from the depths of the human soul and turns the cozy family life of individual family members into hell. At the same time, the war spreading across Europe is indeed creating hell: mass deaths, mutilated people, and psychological trauma are the order of the day. However, it is also becoming increasingly clear how closely the fates of the individual families are intertwined.