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V malenʹkom gorodke vblizi Appalacheĭ do sikh por zhivy mestnye tradit͡sii. Li͡udi krasi͡at steny v domakh v siniĭ t͡svet dli͡a otpugivanii͡a zlykh dukhov i govori͡at, chto chernye paporotniki vyrastai͡ut tam, kuda vskore pridet smertʹ. Agnes Uaĭlder - nabozhnai͡a i vlastnai͡a starukha - pravit svoeĭ vnuchkoĭ Uėzerli zheleznoĭ rukoĭ, potomu chto ta obladaet redkim darom: devochka umeet zagovarivatʹ smertʹ. Uėzerli khochet uekhatʹ iz gorodka i izbavitʹsi͡a ot kontroli͡a babushki, no stanovitsi͡a zalozhnit͡seĭ svoego dara, vedʹ kto-to mozhet umeretʹ, poka ee ne budet ri͡adom. U luchsheĭ podrugi i kuziny Uėzerli, Adėĭr, tozhe estʹ dar: ona vidit budushchee. Pri͡amo pered tem kak popastʹ v avarii͡u, Adėĭr uvidela chto-to pugai͡ushchee. Uėzerli znaet ob ėtom, i ona uverena, chto videnie kak-to svi͡azano s mėrom goroda, kotoryĭ, uznav o nem, reshaet izbavitʹsi͡a ot providit͡sy. No kogda syn mėra umiraet, a Uėzerli vpervye ne mozhet zagovoritʹ ego ot smerti, vesʹ gorod podozrevaet, chto ona namerenno ne stala ego spasatʹ. Uėzerli, zaruchivshisʹ pomoshchʹi͡u provodnika dush, namerevaetsi͡a dokazatʹ svoi͡u nevinovnostʹ i naĭti ubiĭt͡su kuziny, chego by eĭ ėto ni stoilo. "Zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a istorii͡a o semeĭnykh taĭnakh, chernoĭ magii i ubiĭstve". - Publishers Weekly

In a small town near Appalachia, local traditions are still alive. People paint the walls of houses blue to scare away evil spirits and say that black ferns grow where death will soon come. Agnes Wilder, a pious and domineering old woman, rules her granddaughter Weatherly with an iron hand, because she has a rare gift: the girl can spell death. Weatherly wants to leave town and get rid of her grandmother's control, but becomes a hostage to her gift, because someone may die while she is not around. Weatherly's best friend and cousin, Adair, also has a gift: She sees the future. Right before the accident, Adair saw something frightening. Weatherly knows about this, and she is sure that the vision has something to do with the mayor of the city, who, after learning about it, decides to get rid of the seeress. But when the mayor's son dies, and for the first time Weatherly cannot talk him out of death, the whole city suspects that she deliberately did not save him. Weatherly, enlisting the help of a soul guide, intends to prove her innocence and find her cousin's killer, no matter what it costs her. "A fascinating story about family secrets, black magic and murder." — Publishers Weekly