About the book: 2016 / Polina and Margarita are ordinary girls who end up in Zarechye - a fairy-tale village where they live in huts-on-chicken-legs young sorcerers. Some know how to tame fire, others control the air, and others draw strength from the earth. And only a few can control the power of water. To become real witches, Polina and Margarita need to learn a lot, so now instead of their usual life, they are faced with natural magic, people-shifters, enchanted forest glades and fateful acquaintances with the offspring of ancient families. They will have to figure out a lot: what are mentors for? Why should you never fall in love with the sorcerer Seva, the son of a healer? And what is Yarilin’s manuscript that everyone talks about in mysterious whispers? Answers to all questions can be found only there, on the other side of the river, where fairy tales come to life and prophecies come true!