About the book: 2018 / The story was published in the magazine "Our Contemporary" (No. 12, 2018). A young couple goes on a ski trip to hard-to-reach and sparsely populated areas of the Subpolar Urals. Late in the evening, a lone traveler comes across their fire. The unexpected guest looks strange: intriguing and a little frightening with his unusual behavior. He disappears as suddenly as he appeared, silently taking all his secrets into the taiga. Disappears to reappear at the moment when it seems that there is nowhere to wait for help.