1920. The once enormous and wealthy region of Siberia was twisted by the black blizzard of the Civil War. Ruin and plague, hatred and despair descended upon people, turning—some into beasts, others into sacrifices. Vaska-Конь, the former horse thief—now Vasily Ivanovich Konev, a veteran of the Great War and commander of a free partisan detachment—by sheer chance meets the brothers of his beloved Tony Shalagina, whom he had believed dead on the front. Soon Vasily learns that Tonya, some time ago, had been treated in the Novonikolaevsk hospital for typhus. Reclaiming hope of winning back his love, Konev begins searching for the girl, despite the fact that Shalagina is also being sought by other—very determined—people… “Black Buran” is a direct continuation of the novel “The Horse Thief,” beloved by readers.