Nikolai Zaitsev is a science fiction writer from Murmansk, author of books in the genres of historical and space fiction. His mystical novels from the “Blood of Saam” series are also popular. We present one of the most interesting books in this series. The end of the 19th century. The main character of the novel, Ivan Matveevich Suzdalev, gets into trouble and is forced to fight a duel. He remains alive, his enemy guardsman is defeated, but it is too early to rejoice: the fellow soldiers of the killed man are ready to line up to avenge the death of their comrade. While passions have not subsided, Ivan Matveevich decides to join an expedition to the Far North. And in the Arctic, he encounters phenomena that are difficult to believe. The hero literally finds himself in an otherworldly world, where realistic dreams from the past are intertwined with nightmarish visions of the future, and a shaman and a witch rule the roost. Ivan does not immediately realize that he has left his familiar reality and is now sayvugadche - a conductor between worlds. Will the hero be able to escape from the captivity of the darkness? Reliable signs of the century before last, the flavor of the Arctic, mysticism and humor, fantasy and the true drama of situations - all this awaits the reader in this book.