Dvadtsatogo iyulya 1714 goda v Peru obrushilsya visyachiy most. Tragediya unesla zhizni pyateryh chelovek. Okazavshiysya svidetelem katastrofy monah Yuniper vidit v proizoshedshem Bozhiy promysel. Namerevayas ponyat, pochemu Gospod izbral imenno etih pyateryh, Yuniper pytaetsya izmerit stepen blagochestiya pogibshih. No tak li legko odnoznachno otnesti prozhivshih nelegkie zhizni lyudey k zasluzhivshim podobnuyu karu greshnikam ili zhe k slishkom rano prizvannym na nebo nevinnym muchenikam?