The novel, also known to our readers under the title “The Devil's Dolls of Madame Mendylippe,” begins with a strange visit by Ricori, the head of a gangster syndicate, to Dr. Lowell, a neurosurgeon. A whole series of strange deaths turn out to be a terrible trace of a witch who has settled in the city, who creates small copies of living people and transfers the souls of the originals into them. Lowell and Ricori begin a secret war with creepy dolls and their creator... © Sergey BerezhnoyThe text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.