About the book: 1997 / A maniac mercilessly kills two teenagers; a loving couple dies in the flames of a fire; the wife plunges a knife into her husband's body and then cuts her own throat. And all this - on the same day, in the same town of Beachwood, where about a year ago thirty-seven people committed an act of mass suicide, having previously dismembered, mutilated, and torn each other to pieces. And the series of terrible, bloody events did not end there... What was it? A coincidence, bad luck, or maybe heavenly punishment for Beachwood for the fact that many years ago strange scientists carried out mysterious experiments on people there? Wanting to gain insight into the mystery of what is happening, parapsychologist Chris Bishop goes to Beachwood, not even realizing the mortal danger he is exposing his life to....