About the book: year / Miroslava Novikova is a young, talented, but unlucky writer who is refused publication by publishing houses year after year. Finally, she gets a chance: her book about Ancient Rus' and the Vikings will be published if she changes the ending and does not kill the main character. Stubborn Miroslava refuses. A month later, she comes to Staraya Ladoga, where the events of the book take place, to console herself and find the strength to move on. An accident occurs: Mira runs after her dog onto a frozen river and goes under the ice... but is saved by a man, whom Miroslava recognizes as the main character of her novel…