About the book: year / The curse of the gypsy is no less effective than the flu virus. But unlike the flu, the curse can only be cured by a village sorcerer, whom the locals for some reason call the devil. Unfortunately, Max, a thirteen-year-old teenager who came to visit his grandparents in a Belarusian village on vacation, has no choice. And after treatment, he finds himself in debt to the sorcerer, and no one knows what the price of salvation will be. Meanwhile, strange events begin to happen in the village: people disappear, someone kills dogs, drinking every drop of their blood from time to time. Either a giant black cat or furry creatures that look like devils appear. Old-timers say that this is somehow connected with the restless soul of a witch who died five years ago. And Max and his friend Deniska believe that it all started with their prank, when the guys decided to mystify the appearance of a UFO and drew CIRCLES ON THE EARTH in a wheat field…