Heading into the anomalous zone of the Volchya Griada in the provincial backwaters, journalist Pavshuk is sure that this pleasant assignment will bring him fame and a fee. The amusing bustle of ufologists in the “places of power” near the district center of Leshchyovo—a former German colony—fills him only with irony. And sensational news from Moscow, threatening to shake Russia, at first seems like something very far away. But it only gets worse with murders along the federal highway near the district center—murders the police have been unable to solve for years.
When Pavshuk meets in a church with strange parishioners, he begins to suspect their connection to what’s happening. But when Pavshuk is trapped in a horrific stone snare, he finally understands: there was a hint in the fairy tale, but not everyone gets the lesson… And the sensational events in Moscow have the most direct connection to him. Too late! Special services are on his trail, terrible kulugury, and crazy political schemers.
Why did he drag his beloved Victoria into this horrific story?
Contains profanity.