Soot. Quiet Step

The new book by the popular contemporary writer in the genre of folk fantasy Nadia Sova, the author of the legendary "Station of Misfortune" and the universe of the Harmonious World.
"Soot. Quiet Step" is the first volume in a series of standalone novels that weave together ancient legends, self-discovery, and the problem of loneliness in a vast world. Zakhar is a writer who has forgotten how to write. He goes to a forgotten northern camp to hide. From the capital, from readers, from the voices in his head that have begun to dictate their terms. But there is a problem: he is lonely, and his loneliness is not just an emotional void. It is a door from which those who are not welcome here arrive.
In a small village where the Song of Death was once sung, Zakhar learns a terrible truth: he is soot. A guide for the unclean. And the hunt is not for the ancient song, but for him... Your emptiness is their strength. Your loneliness is their door.
The "Soot" cycle is a long-awaited gift for all fans of the author's work and magical realism, fantasy, and Russian folklore.
Art design of the book: Liza Tukacheva.