The Student of the Dead Squirrel. Book 1.

From the author of mystical novels 'The Illustrator' and 'The Dawn of Memory' comes a thrilling mystical-psychological drama. In modern-day Poland, a group of young people are deceitfully separated from their families and forced to participate in an experimental program at a secretive magical Academy. Student Janina Raxa realizes she is different from the others, and this difference could cost her her life. A mysterious creature offers help. The student is faced with a choice - to trust the enigmatic helper or seek an ally among her unfortunate companions? Meanwhile, detective Roman Lyubich, who had the imprudence to come into contact with the world of Darkness, investigates the case of a maniac who kidnaps women in the outskirts of Warsaw, leaving the victims completely drained of blood over time. The killer's trail leads the detective to the Institute of Somnology, coincidentally (or not?) collaborating with the Academy, and to the headmistress of the boarding house, Mrs. Elzbieta, the mother of the student. And for her, the time has come for the first trial...