Anna, who dreamed of a real winter, by sheer chance ends up in a small village, Ermolaevo. There, amid frost and snow, in the dark hours, she meets beings from another world. She will help catch a «Buc» (a creature), hide from the shuliks, fend off a pestering woman, and ponder a riddle about the holy holiday… And an old raven arriving from the other side will promise a change in fate, point out where her happiness is. The cycle «Otherworldly in Ermolaevo», book one.