About the book: 2023 / Alternative Europe of the 19th century. After successful experiments with reviving the dead, humanity finds a new workforce. The dead become an integral part of society: loaders, cleaners, cab drivers... All the dirty work can now be entrusted to these soulless creatures. During one of the armed conflicts in Central Asia, a small detachment of experimental “models” are kidnapped and hidden in the mountains. Investigate the case and find out the true nature new weapons are entrusted to the young doctor and true patriot of his country, John Watson. The enthusiastic student does not immediately realize that he has found himself drawn into a confrontation between forces that will stop at nothing, even standing on the edge of an abyss. Finding himself a bargaining chip on this chessboard, he will nevertheless have to lift the veil of the mystery of life, death and the true essence of the soul…