In the new novel by Sofia Sinitskaya, a finalist of the Big Book, National Bestseller and Yasnaya Polyana literary awards, the main character of the story is the city of Vyborg - from the time of its founding by the Swedes to the present day. Karelians, Novgorodians, Swedes, Finns - this land has seen everyone, and everyone has left their mark on it. The author unfolds before the reader a fascinating historical canvas, a real saga, where real events are naturally combined with miracles, ultimately weaving into an incredible chronicle, where documentary chronicle and metaphysics peacefully coexist.