About the book: 2024 / Somewhere on the edge of the earth, the strange village of Elderberry Wasteland is lost. Here residents are afraid of their own neighbors, women disappear without a trace, and the moon does not reflected in the swamp. It is not surprising that local surgeon Ashes Black dreams of only one thing: to pay off his debt to the mysterious baroness and move away from here. But one stormy night, two random passers-by bring a young stranger to his doorstep, and changes begin…