Carrick is a sleepy town shrouded in fog somewhere in the north of the Island. But a stranger from the Colonies comes to it, and demonic behavior begins: first, someone destroys a monument to the heroes of the War, then they desecrate the cemetery, pour acid on books in the city Library... In the middle of winter, hordes of insects attack the town. However, the real plague strikes only after the barbarously mutilated corpse of a local shepherd is found. Animals die first, followed by children. When it's the adults' turn, the city is isolated. But not before the villagers start talking - and can't stop. Mysterium, a subtle and insidious web of lies woven by Canadian master of suspense Eric McCormack, is another story about the most bizarre literary universe of our time. For the first time in Russian.