The Golden Boy

The hero of the new novel by Ekaterina Manoilo is a boy named Vitya, who possesses an unusual gift: he can sense gold underground and in water, responding to its warmth with a tender echo. Vitya was born in the village of Stormovoye near Magadan, amidst gold-bearing veins, where locals earn money smuggling the precious metal. The boy's unique ability cannot remain a secret — evil people, the demons of this area, begin to take an interest in him. To save their child, his parents decide on a dangerous journey in search of another fate. Now, thousands of kilometers away from the mine, gold, which had been a constant companion and source of strength for Vitya in his past life, becomes a magical guide in an immense and unfamiliar world.