About the book: 2019 / Seminarist Khoma Brut does not believe in evil spirits. All he cares about is how to fill his eternally empty belly and not freeze in the bursa in the chilly winter. But the evil spirits do not care whether Khoma believes in them. And when the rector of the seminary sends him to a distant farm, pure devilry begins to happen to him. How to recognize evil, which sometimes turns into innocent and beautiful creatures? How to learn to fight him in order to be able to fight Viy himself?