Before sending Galya to Chernokamensk, her grandmother warned the granddaughter that she was in for a difficult test. After all, in the girl’s veins flows silver blood, and the island is not only a source of strength, but also a place that tests one’s mettle. Expectations were fulfilled to the fullest extent—especially since Galya had to care for both herself and the orphan children who fell under the power of a cruel headmistress of a children’s home located in an old estate. The winter that year was harsh, and a quiet county town was thrown into turmoil by inexplicably brutal murders and a new, unprecedented onslaught of wolves. “Trouble is coming,” the locals repeated—and they were right.