About the book: 2021 / Twenty students of a Russian university go to a summer sports camp - a long-awaited trip organized by the student council. Due to the heat, the bus breaks down along the way, and there is a whole day left before the rescue transport arrives. There is a forest all around, there are no settlements nearby - the students decide to spend the night near the Quiet Pond. But a mysterious body of water, barely visible on the map, suddenly turns out to be engulfed in fog. None of the guys realizes what fate has in store for them, a strange and unpredictable thing... Editor's comment: An eerie setting of a black forest, an ominous pond, frightening with its muddy nightmare, and twenty-four hours that cruelly turn into a struggle for survival... This is a work fueled by scary plot twists and buttered with unobtrusive style, it is definitely not intended for faint-hearted readers. The author did everything possible to help readers drown in the silent wilds of strange groves.