Shattered Soul. Book 1. The Picture of Death

The first book of a fantasy duology. Art can kill, distort, and take your soul.
 
Zhenya Katz knows this all too well. She comes to St. Petersburg for her dream—to enter the Academy of Arts and to reconcile with her older... sister Kira. But Kira has changed drastically: she has become apathetic and angry, yet an artistic talent has awakened in her. Zhenya does not yet know what has happened to her sister. However, in Kira's house, she constantly dreams of nightmares about a man in black with split pupils. He is depicted in the painting "Devilish Eyes," which was bought by her older sister at the market. There are rumors that this canvas is cursed and subjugates the will of a person. Is this really true? Who was its creator? And what is more valuable: a peaceful life or talent?