One day, on the site of the neighbor's house, Lada sees a black castle. Since then, her life has changed dramatically. Parents turn out to be not who they say they are, and the familiar world collapses. Shadows from the world haunt the girl, and salvation comes from an unexpected direction. But this is just a delay. In order not to die, Lada has to go to the Copper Kingdom for dead water. For a wide range of readers.