Plot

A young alchemy student falls in love with the alchemist's daughter. In his search for a love spell, he fails and calls dark spirits into his world. Punished, he sets on a long journey to save her, fix the mistake and find the answer.

It's a story of love, freedom, passion, wandering and happiness. A young alchemy student falls in love with the alchemist's daughter. In his search for a love spell, he fails and calls dark spirits into his world. As a punishment, he sets off on a long journey to save her, fix the mistake and to find the answer.—Danas Berznitsky

The Missing Book is a pilot to an animated interactive e-book. The original project is readable, click-able and interactive Flash file, and can be presented on a computer as a living book. The whole story consists of Crown of Sonnets (15 poems) - each an animated page. Sonnet 1: An Alchemist appears in a village and picks up a 7 years old boy from a poor family for a student. The boy reflects. Sonnet 2: The Alchemist sets the Student to hard work. Sonnet 3: The Student falls in a daydream over a very old manuscript; his soul is full of the most passionate content. He pictures himself the Alchemist's daughter. (The pilot finishes here) Sonnet 4: The Alchemist gives the Student his graduation project and leaves for a business conference. Sonnet 5: The Student rebels. Sonnet 6: Meanwhile, the Alchemist's Daughter finds a sudden flower in a mournful mountain valley. She meditates over the feeble offspring swinging in the cold mountain wind. Sonnet 7: The Student goes to prepare the spell. Sonnet 8: The Student calls the Spirits to action and suddenly notices that they are not exactly those he was going to summon. Sonnet 9: The Daughter notices a sudden transformation over and through her. Frightened by such an unexpected enhancement of her own beauty, she runs away. Sonnet 10: The Alchemist comes home, notices the havoc and gives the Student his last assignment: find the Daughter and the missing book. Sonnet 11: The Student wanders the World in Madness. Sonnet 12: The Daughter wanders the World in Madness. Sonnet 13: Shattered and ragged, the lovers meet. Sonnet 14: (this is a concluding Sonnet) Sonnet 15: They married on the sunset and lived happily ever after.—Danas Berznitsky, Ilja Kutuzov