The Taiga Will Take You

Moving from the Black Sea coast to a northern village lost among the forest seems like a nightmare to Varya. But her mother is confident that the change of climate will help her incurably ill son, Slava. Children are disappearing... in the village, and there are rumors of an upcoming ritual that is performed every twelve years. Then it becomes clear: she is not relying on traditional medicine at all. Varya begins to be tormented by nightmares, while a terrifying creature that Slava becomes attached to stalks him, which frightens her even more. She tries to sound the alarm, but her efforts are in vain: the hair on her brother's head is turning gray, and his eyes are losing color – just like the monsters that come from the taiga.
 
No one among the living can know or anticipate their plans.