Woody Bookman, having lived eleven years, never said a word Even when his father died in a helicopter crash. Even when her mother, Megan, told her son that she loved him more than anything in the world. Woody is convinced that behind the death of his father is evil - monstrous, irreconcilable, merciless - and this evil now threatens both him and his mother. He doesn’t have that kind of feeling.... Unknown to him ally listens to the boy's thoughts. Kipp, a dog endowed with reason and devoted to self-denial to people, hears Woody and understands that, before it is too late, it is necessary to find him. The boy's worst suspicions take shape. A man driven by sophisticated evil follows Woody and his mother. And this man is not alone. And only a force more powerful than evil itself can prevent a tragedy... The novel is published in Russian for the first time!