Almost two years have passed since Jack, a student of the druid nicknamed Dragontongue, sailed with Olaf One-Brow to the land of the giants. Jack is now thirteen, and, according to the customs of the inhabitants of Scandinavia, he is considered an adult man. Well, if you are thirteen and already a grown man, then it’s time to set off on a new journey. This time the path lies in Elfland, the Land of Silver Apples, the only place in the world where time stands still. It is very difficult to get there, the road runs underground, and the insidious underground inhabitants are more cunning and dangerous than those on the ground. But Jack does not lose heart, he remembers the instructions of Olaf, the great berserker warrior: “The main thing is to never despair, even if you fall from a cliff. The path to the ground is not close; you never know what can happen while you are flying.”