Scary Masha

A magazine publication of the story of the same name gathered an audience of 300,000 fans. Readers asked to continue the story—so the book “Terrible Masha” appeared. The heroine of the book, schoolgirl Masha, has the gift to see the approach of death and warn of danger. Together with her younger brother she ends up in a strange settlement where, once, they mined the stone of life. The stone itself must choose its owner—only then will its magical properties manifest. But in the settlement there is already a Master, adored by the residents, who don’t realize that he is leading them to their doom. Masha and her brother will have to fight him and the forces of evil, whose roots reach back into the depths of centuries.

Alena Zhukova is a Russian writer and the chief editor of the magazine “New Light.” She is the author of the story collection “What Apples Dreamed of Marina,” the novels “A Duet for Loneliness,” and “The Secret Sign.” She has been published in magazines “Friendship of Peoples,” “Floors,” and “Literratura.” The publishing house expresses special thanks to the artist Ulyana Kolesova for the magical illustrations for the book cover.