The prospector Stepan Berestov did not think or guess that someday his dissolute life would take a different turn. For almost a decade and a half, he carried him across the endless expanses of Siberia, into every wilderness he went into, and did everything he could - both good and not so good. But then one day, after another season at the mines, having reached the “Mainland” and having arranged a “retreat” in a diligent manner, Stepan barely survived and suddenly realized that the girl who saved him from the raiders was his chance to start all over again...New an exciting novel from the master of Siberian prose!