...In a small town in Russia, thousands of corpses are found, placed in buildings in the form of... a giant flower. There was only one cause of death: every single one of them choked on sea water. But how could this happen if the nearest sea is tens of kilometers away? Moreover, what does the death of the townspeople have to do with a similar incident in Malta 100 years ago and the massive, inexplicable disappearances of people around the world in ancient times? The action of Zotov's mystical thriller takes place in the alternative reality of the Russian Empire, where there was no revolution in 1917. Therefore... WE GUARANTEE: pleasure from reading WE PROMISE: a sleepless night reading a book CAUTION: Zotov’s novels are addictive!