Never—hear me, never—make a wish if you don’t know what mood today’s Universe is in. For Elena Firsova, forty-five: she’s a police captain and only asked for “everything to turn out for the better.” The Universe didn’t let her down—her service fell apart, and her husband was caught at the scene of the “crime”: in the kitchen, with her best friend and a cake.
In the end, Lena has neither a career nor a family. But she gets, instead: freedom, shards of feelings, and a one-way ticket… well, a seat next to the driver in an SUV. They’re headed to Ded Moroz’s homeland, and her companion is her friend’s gloomy brother— a man with a military past. Ahead are thousands of kilometers of winter road.
Will the steel lady withstand the New Year’s forced march, being hunted by her former, and—most dangerous of all—her own happiness? Warning: wishes come true. Sometimes—too literally.