The Master of the Silk Doll

On the way to her dacha, Dainka accidentally cut off the neighboring car—and that was her fatal mistake: she became a witness to the murder of a criminal authority figure. The bandits didn’t believe that she broke the rules without any malicious intent, and she had to run. Dainka didn’t take the situation seriously, but her father insisted that the girl leave far away from home. That’s how she ended up in Italy and finally felt safe—but, as it turned out, far too early…

Circumstances brought Dainka to the castle of a real Sicilian princess. The famous Italian island holds many secrets. The girl was struck by tombs where the dead look like they’re sleeping, even though they have been there for hundreds of years; the laboratory of an alchemist searching for the secret of eternal life; and a doll that is frighteningly similar to a real woman… But the main shock for Dainka was the betrayal of the person to whom she had entrusted her own life!..