"Hunger"—an exciting story told by the Greek writer Nikos Zerwas—tells how two Russian cadets together with General Yeropkin’s granddaughter Nadeyka set off for a Scottish island.
A powerful international League of Sorcerers declares magical war on Russia and Orthodox countries. The only obstacle to the triumphant march of resurrecting magic was “the Russian (Byzantine) protection.” To overcome this protection, the League seeks allies in Russia—forming a fifth column—as well as sending an emissary here, the former emigrant Leonid Ryabinovsky (Leo). At the same time, by deception, inviting a group of Russian children from an orphanage for a supposed “cultural exchange,” the League works on them by applying methods for personally dismantling Russian protection.