About the book: year / It is impossible to live in the place where a rich cottage community was built: the carpenter Ilya, who settled in an old hut at the very edge of the Valley, knows this for sure. But the houses need to be sold, and the “mistress” of the Valley - a cantankerous and rich woman - cannot come to terms with those creatures that live in the forest and are not shown to anyone. Money against trouble and magic, business acumen against obsession, the desire to win at any cost against the fragile balance of the world…