The Devil's Pit

Summer vacation is a time for wonder. 13-year-old Nikita, arriving in his hometown to visit his grandfather, the director of the museum, could not have imagined what awaited him. The sapphire necklace—a scattering of smoky-blue beads, fragments of the sky—will connect our time with events from a century ago. And the sapphires will become the cause of strange and dangerous mysteries that he will have to unravel together with Milka, his twin sister. The usual quarrels between brother and sister will give way to friendship—thanks to an astonishing guest from the past.

The novel by Irina Bogatyrёva "The Devil's Pit" is not just an exciting detective story for teenagers with chases, thefts, bandits, and unexplained phenomena. It is a delicate conversation about how our history changes us, who we were, and who we can still become.