A book about how, in the provincial town of Tikhorechensk, there was a mental hospital for "unusual" people—and that one of the people kept in that building had the gift of a seer. He could predict where to find treasure, read minds, and saved the children with his predictions when the old school collapsed.
And then, to this little town, a young history teacher came. He became very interested in this seer and secretly made his way into the hospital—where he met the "unusual" patient…