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Early autumn of 1981. In the Ternopil region, party and Komsomol members die one by one. The cause of death was drinking spring water. And not just any spring water: there is a spring of St Barbara near the village where the bodies are found. Local legend has it that the water in it is magical. It prolongs life for people with pure hearts and kills villains. Is it mysticism or has someone unknown declared a secret war on the authorities? What secret is hidden in the dense forest where the secret spring flows? Igor Knyazevich, a Kyiv detective, is assigned to investigate the strange case. Thus, he finds himself in the mysterious village of Gaivoron, cut off from the big cities, where people live by their own laws and do not like people like him...

"The Secret Source" is a retro-style detective story based on Ukrainian Gothic. It is also a historical novel that takes the reader to the not-so-distant past. Those who remember those times will recall how the Soviet empire collapsed before their eyes. Those who did not live through those times will understand why it collapsed.