Soot. A Quiet Step

7 hrs. 59 min.

Language Russian

Author Nadya Sova

Narrator Nikita Krakhmalev

From the author of popular novels in the genre of folklore fantasy: “Stantsiya likho,” “Bessmertnik,” “Skvoz’ tuman menya ne vidno,” and “Snvichi.”

Do you feel like a stranger at someone else’s celebration? Maybe you’re just looking in the wrong place.

Zakhar is a writer who has lost the ability to write. He goes to a derelict northern camp to disappear—farther from the capital, from the attention of readers, and from the voices in his head that no longer ask—they demand.

There’s just one “but”: his loneliness isn’t merely longing and emptiness inside. It’s a passage through which those who don’t belong in our world make their way.

In a tiny village where the Song of Death once rang out, Zakhar learns a frightening truth: he is soot. A guide for the unclean. And they aren’t hunting for an ancient chant—this hunt is for him…

Your emptiness is their source of strength.
Your loneliness is their entrance.
Smoking and alcohol consumption harm your health.

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