About the book: 2017 / Mid-9th century, land of the Krivichi. Leaving the earthly world in the spring, the goddess Marena-Zima cast her last glance from the funeral pyre at sixteen-year-old Mladina from Zalom-gorodok. And something changed in the girl: she gained the ability to speak with mermaids, see the dead, the white wolf began to come out to her from the forest to help her in difficult times. Another essence in her gained strength and finally drove her out of the human world into the forest - into the hut of the sorcerer Uglyana, who, as they say, is her real mother. Mladina goes further and further along invisible paths, looking for a guy who she dreams of and for some reason is convinced that they were engaged many years ago…