Sobytiya, razvivayushchiesya v romane, vynuzhdayut geroev vyzhit' v usloviyakh, gde lishit'sya rassudka ne mudreno. Ne vsem udayetsya sokhranit' samoobladanie i vyderzhku, khotya yasno, chto smertel'nyy iskhod neizbezhen. Otdykh utselevshikh prevratilsya v koshmar, khotya i nichto ne predveshchalo takogo iskhoda, kogda oni pod"ezzhali k domu otdykha Spasenie. Spastis' udalos' nemnogim, i to blagodarya ikh zdravomu smyslu i logicheskomu myshleniyu, nesmotrya na to, chto razum otkazyvalsya verit' v blagopoluchnyy iskhod.