About the book: year / This place is difficult to spot on the map, it is hidden in the very thick of a mighty forest. Under his tutelage, the village of Starinsky was fenced off from the outside world, deserted and mothballed in gloomy solitude, like a prisoner who had become part of his prison. The creepy tales told by children are not fiction at all, and the fanatically superstitious residents are not so crazy. At least three children per year disappear in the dense forest. The vast majority of them are found already cold; a tiny minority are saved. Varya is one of those who returned from the forest alive, having paid the price for it. A happy coincidence or a conspiracy of those who needed her alive? Returning to where it all began, Varya finds herself caught up in the mysterious events of the past..