About the book: year / Young geologist Kirill receives an invitation from the military to become part of a scientific expedition to study the Yamal phenomenon - a giant crater that formed one night in the middle of the northern tundra. Arriving at the place, he is faced with a series of mysterious and inexplicable phenomena, which will subsequently lead to creepy and mystical events affecting an increasing number of people around him. The book is the beginning of a large trilogy of the Cycle universe.