About the book: 2024 / The events of Alexey Polyarinov’s new novel unfold in a world where thirty years ago a catastrophe occurred and cadavers appeared throughout the country - frozen figures of dead children. The main characters Matvey and Dasha go on an expedition to the south of the country to study mysterious anomalies. During the journey, they discover how the presence of the dead has changed the life of the living and how the living have become accustomed to sharing space with the dead..