It's been a year full of turmoil for Zoe Bissell. The death of his father, the disappearance of his neighbors, whose friendship helped him endure the blows of fate. Then a brutal attack in the forest during a snowstorm and a miraculous rescue by a mysterious bounty hunter, nicknamed X. X - an inhabitant of the Lowlands, one of the regions of Hell, sent for the soul of Zoe's attacker. He is forbidden to reveal himself to anyone except his prey, but he breaks hellish rules for the sake of the girl. As they learn more about their worlds, they begin to question the past, their destiny, and the future. But the escape from the Lowlands and the invisible bonds that bind X may require him to sacrifice his most precious...For the first time in Russian!