★A novel full of mystery and adventure, telling the fantastic journey of the emerging rock singer Anna Svolzova.
★The book not only features the magnificent scenery of southern Russia but also an original mythological system and a love story that transcends life and death.
★Suitable not only for readers who enjoy mysterious and adventurous stories but also for those who have a deep understanding of love and courage.

A mysterious novel that combines magnificent scenery, an original mythological system, and a love story that transcends life and death. The protagonist is the emerging rock singer Anna Svolzova, who has always dreamed of taking the big stage. When she receives an unexpected invitation to a talent show called "Activation," she decides to borrow money from her father - a renowned archaeologist - to get the opportunity to participate. As a condition for the loan, her father requires her to join an archaeological expedition.
From the first day she steps into the archaeological camp, Anna begins to experience a series of inexplicable strange events: visions, voices in unfamiliar languages, and once - unsettling dreams turning into terrifying realities. During the expedition, Anna meets the diver Tim Toropov, and together they have to confront a thousand - year - old curse, sins from centuries ago, and try to figure out their connection to these events.
This novel not only showcases the magnificent and enchanting scenery of southern Russia but also constructs an original mythological system. Anna's story is filled with courage, love, and adventure. The love that transcends life and death and overcomes all obstacles makes this novel an unforgettable fantasy journey.

Yevgenia Kretova (born in 1979) is a Russian best - selling author of young adult fantasy! She is a dynamic prose writer and a science fiction novelist! She has won the Russian "Manuscript of the Year" National Literary Award, the New Children's Book Award, the Children's and Young Adult Prose Competition, the Electronic Character Literary Award, and has been nominated for the Reader's Choice Award and the Russian Detective Award!

Born in Prague, Yevgenia Kretova is the daughter of a military officer and has lived in various cities around the world, such as Tbilisi, Moscow, Blagoveshchensk (my mother is from Blagoveshchensk), Akhalkalaki, and Nerungri, each of which has become a part of her. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a lawyer. Her legal experience and extensive travel have provided her with meticulous thinking and extraordinary imagination! Her writing style excels in depicting alternate universes, the intricate interplay of mysticism and realism, Slavic historical fantasy, detective, and science fiction novels.

In 2021, her work won second place in the "Send Your Story to Space" competition, held in honor of the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, jointly organized by the Russian Federal Space Agency and LitRes, the largest electronic and audiobook publishing platform in Russia and the CIS countries. Her work was sent to the International Space Station aboard the Progress cargo spacecraft in October 2021! The jury for this competition included internationally renowned science fiction writer Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and heads of several large publishing houses and magazines in the "Young Adult Books" and science fiction genres! Her works have been recommended by several well - known Russian media outlets, including TASS, Amur Pravda, Russian Gazette, Russian ELLE girl, Glagol, and Letidor! In 2020, Yevgenia Kretova was named one of the ten most popular young adult authors in Russia by Esquire!

**Awards and Honors**
- **"House with a Panoramic Window" won the Russian Electronic Character Literary Award!**
- **The first book in the "Dominators" Slavic fantasy tetralogy won the 2018 Russian "Manuscript of the Year" Award!**
- **"The Other World" won the New Children's Book Award!**
- **The "Space Fleet Navigator" trilogy series was a finalist for the Reader's Choice Award and was nominated for the Russian Detective Award!**
- **The "Salt Curse" audiobook series was named the Best Young Adult Audiobook Series of 2020!**
- **Won second place in the "Send Your Story to Space" competition, held in honor of the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, jointly organized by the Russian Federal Space Agency and LitRes, and the work was sent to the International Space Station aboard the Progress cargo spacecraft in October 2021!**
- **"The Sturgeon Monastery" was nominated for the 2022 Electronic Character Literary Award!**
- **"The House of Lost Souls" was a finalist for the 2022 Russian Detective Award!**
- **The second book in the "Dominators" Slavic fantasy tetralogy won the 2022 Children's and Young Adult Prose Competition and the "Manuscript of the Year" National Literary Award!**