From the author of the books «Time. Wind. Water», «To the East of Eve», and «What Makes Me».
A touching love story—with a tense intrigue, vivid characters, and subtle psychological depth.
Design by the artist Yulia Mezhova.
Sometimes it seems that all you have to do is leave—and the past will no longer catch up.
Varya believed that too.
Right after her final exams, she disappears to a dacha, hoping to wait it out there and rid herself of a stalker among the calm summer plots. But the promised silence turns out to be an illusion: the past returns in the guise of a charming neighbor—and suddenly frightens her more than the looming threat.
The tension builds from all sides: her mother tries to control Varya’s personal life, and nearby, in the abandoned gardens, a strange girl appears—whose fate will not let Varya rest.
And as Varya unravels other people’s secrets and hides her own, this summer becomes a serious test for her—something that can help set long-ago mistakes right or lead to a new drama.