About the book: 2024 / WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER AND CULT FANTASY THRILLER. ALEX AWARDS WINNER. HERE STEPHEN KING MEETS THE BROTHERS GRIMM. It's not easy to get here. But getting out is much more difficult, especially without saving your life... After the death of his mother, David feels terribly alone. The only company he has is the books on the shelf. Gradually these books begin to whisper to him in the darkness. Taking refuge in the myths and fairy tales that his mother loved so much, the boy discovers that the real world and the world of fantasy are merging. And then the Crooked Man came to him. He came and said with a mocking smile: “Welcome, Your Majesty. Glory to the new king..."And while World War II rages in Europe, David is transported to a country that turns out to be a strange, frighteningly real reflection of our world. A country woven from myths and stories, inhabited by wolves similar to people and people who are worse than wolves. A land ruled by a faded king who keeps his secrets in the legendary Book of Lost Things»…