The deceased. Shiki. Book 1. It F.

Life in the small mountain village of Sotoba goes on its own. Each of its inhabitants dreams of his own: someone wants to break out of the backwood, someone, on the contrary, returns to the roots, and someone just wants to live in silence and tranquility, enjoying the rural life. It seems that nothing will change in this place. But everything changes the move to the mansion on a hill near the Sotoba of a mysterious family, giving rise to gossip and gossip.

very soon the epidemic is flared up in the village. A strange disease deprives people of strength. They fall asleep so as not to wake up anymore. The local doctor Tosyo Ozaki unsuccessfully tries to solve the riddle of a strange ailment and save the dying.

And rumors about the restless - rebellious from the graves of the dead.

What does the family from the hill begin to creep around the village? And what will local schoolchildren, led by Natsuno Yuki, first began to notice the oddities? There are more and more questions, and the answers to them have only to find out...