X century, Kievan Rus. The Drevlyan Malfutka, the wife of the mayor Sveneld, notices strange abilities. She sees spirits and ghosts, she sees freely in the dark... She just can’t overcome the memory gap that separates her current life from her past. When great trouble comes to Rus', Princess Olga sees in her, Malfutka, a force capable of defeating the powerful sorcery of the Drevlyans and their patrons - Chernobog and Morena... An interweaving of historical events and legends, people and fairy-tale creatures, battles and miracles - in Simone's new novel Vilar.