The main character of the novel, Volodya Bugrimov, never imagined that one day he would find himself at the very epicenter of incredible and mystical events. He ends up in the hospital and is fired from his job. His common-law wife leaves him, and he has nowhere to live. Volodya is forced to move to a village near Moscow, to an apartment that their uncle left them. True, there is one inconvenience - the village itself is located close to the city dump, where Pomoinik lives - a mysterious and evil creature that brings terror to the entire area. New times give birth to new monsters...