The Leshy. Tsar of the Icy Wasteland

In the Russian backwoods, where Soviet power never managed to fully eradicate the old cults, darkness that has been sleeping for a thousand years awakens. The disturbed cemetery in the remote village of Синий бор turns into a breach leading to hell, letting loose secrets capable of changing the course of history. Journalist Kassandra Лопухина and private detective Андрей Крымов, following clues left by the mysterious sage Антон Антонович, find themselves drawn into a deadly race against time. They will have to meet a demon—the ruler of the elements and a master tempter—whose revenge for the death of his bride and unborn child threatens to wipe all living things from the face of the earth…

A mystical thriller at the intersection of folk horror and detective fiction. In Arthur Гедеон’s new novel from the cycle «Леший», ancient legends, echoes of the recent past, and a modern investigation of the paranormal are interwoven. Digging up a mystery that goes back to the Soviet years, the journalist and the detective clash with a demon of the elements, returned to take revenge and reclaim what he considers his rightful inheritance.