About the book: 2013 / The collective plot of the novel is based on real events of the 1920s–1930s of the last century. Created according to the stories of old-timers of the southern regions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory - hunters, gold miners, Old Believers, residents of remote taiga villages and villages. Sable fishing, artisanal gold mining, secrets and unexpected discoveries, mysterious disappearances of the people of the taiga form the outline of this fascinating work, after reading which the reader will learn how long a woman’s wait for her beloved man can be; who killed hunters returning from the taiga for fur; what were the internecine relations between the miners of the secret gold mines; and where is the golden statue of Buddha, which disappeared in the mountains since the times of free nomads?..