About the book: 2015 / Gingerbread and a wooden horse are all that Aliku’s mother left. Now, after her death, the baby lives with his grandfather. Every day the grandfather tells the boy fairy tales: about the Forest, Baba Yaga, war and famine... Therefore, when the grandfather does not come to pick him up at school, Alik is sure that he needs to be looked for in the forest, in an old abandoned house. Over time, his grandfather's stories become more frightening and gloomy, and one day the boy realizes: this is not fiction. These are terrible memories. Long-forgotten secrets are breaking free - and driving you crazy…