About the book: 2004 / A psychologist comes to the small American town of Santaroga who must investigate the strange events taking place here. The psychologist knows that city residents cannot live in the outside world for a long time, the town exists almost autonomously, and attempts by outside businessmen to start a business there are always unsuccessful. During the investigation, it turns out that the local “branded” seasoning Jaspers is a substance that unites the consciousnesses of all the residents of Santaroga into one huge superintelligence... and the residents themselves do not even suspect it.