About the book: 2024 / A small provincial town, lost among the Caspian steppes, is beset by a whole series of terrible trials, including: a mutated experimental sample that escaped from a scientific research institute, a creature unknown to science, moving in space at the speed of light and the most powerful geomagnetic storm in the last hundred years. At the center of these events are two young reporters involved in the study of paranormal phenomena and an experienced intelligence officer..