About the book: 2023 / Once upon a time in this village there lived a boy who knew how to talk to trees, flowers, animals. To other children, and even adults, this boy seemed strange. His peers teased him and didn’t want to play with him, and when they got older, they started beating him. But the boy did not pay attention to them, because he had real friends, his dogs. And also the one whom he once woke up in the forest... Now Romka lives here. He misses Lyokha, his dead friend, and is ready to do anything to protect his little sister Katya. And the girl really needs protection. Especially after he finds and takes home the dog. A very strange dog. A homeless bloodhound. This dog seems to behave differently than a normal animal. It seems the dog can influence people. And for some reason Romka can read his thoughts... Will he be able to guess what is happening before old secrets turn into new trouble??