Oleg Ermakov was born in 1961 in Smolensk. Participant of combat operations in Afghanistan, worked as a forester. Author of the books “Afghan Stories”, “Mark of the Beast”, “Arithmetic of War”. Winner of the "Yasnaya Polyana" award for the novel "The Song of the Tungus." "Olaf's Spring" is the first book in the trilogy "The Forest of Three Rivers", a travel novel and a novel of education, "Odyssey" in the scenery of Ancient Russia. The mute boy Spiridon, nicknamed Little Owl, with his father and two of his friends sail to the marketplace to sell oak wood. But they are not destined to get there. Life takes Sychonok either to the monastery in Smyadyn, or to the pagans in the Arefin Mountains. Driven by a passionate desire to speak, to find his own voice, the boy finds no place for himself anywhere. He goes to look for a legendary spring, the source of three great Russian rivers, according to legend, capable of healing illnesses and making dreams come true. “The writing is amazing, protecting the honor of classical Russian prose. The genius of the place breathes in a multitude of authenticities.” (Irina Rodnyanskaya)