About the book: year / ... Masha managed to notice how a huge shadow flew past her through the air, and silently fell on Maxim, burying him under it. No noise, no screams... Although, perhaps, they were simply drowned out by the roar of the snowstorm that did not subside for a second. She was hit by the disgusting smell of rotten eggs, which was immediately carried away by a fierce gust of wind, and then from somewhere out of the white veil something oblong fell at her feet, beating in convulsions.…