For the first time in Russian - one of the iconic novels by the master of British magical realism, the author of such intellectual bestsellers as The Tooth Fairy and Smoking the Poppy, There's Soon to Be a Storm and The Truth of Life. Mike and Kim Hanson sacrificed everything in of his life to fulfill his old dream - to live in an abandoned villa on a tiny Greek island. But why does everything they think about immediately come to fruition - snakes, scorpions and tropical storms? Who is watching them from the ruins of the monastery, remaining absolutely still? And isn’t it the ancient saint himself who wanders in iron shoes along the mountain paths, mercilessly instilling justice?