Tiny Village 02–07 on the edge of the earth...The body of a drowned man was discovered in the waters of a nearby lake. No one in the Village knows the deceased. But, no matter how blasphemous it sounds, the tragic incident did not surprise anyone - this has happened more than once. From the language of the indigenous people, the name of the lake can be translated as “Waters where strangers’ dead come.” The local sheriff is obliged to draw up a report and report the incident to the regional authorities. Lida Metelkina, as part of a group of young people, travels to the Altai Mountains for summer internship. It would seem, where is the Village, and where is Altai? But it was not to be... The novel takes place in three locations: the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Kuzbass and Gorny Altai. The reader will again meet Lydia Metelkina - a girl who saw the Red Haze and has the gift of finding herself at the epicenter of mysterious, frightening events. Her mentor Maxim Evgenievich Shishkov will have to show patience and will in order to carry out his plans and not lose face in front of his students.