About the book: 2014 / The world after the disaster is harsh and cruel. This is a world where a person’s life is sometimes worth less than a piece of bread or a pair of fishhooks. The ruins of abandoned cities, tiny human settlements scattered far from each other... Leslie Breen, a doctor and marketer, wanders from village to village and sells the wreckage of a former civilization - threads and plastic bags, weapons and spices. She has a knife on her belt and a loaded crossbow at hand; her faithful companions, protectors and friends are a pack of semi-wild dogs. It would seem that what is good in such a life? But in fact, there is a place for joy, kindness, and love in it. Leslie, like all people at all times, strives to find her happiness in this world…