Marianna's life is like a fairy tale, but not a good one - the further it goes, the worse it gets. It's all due to the curse of a gypsy woman who met a girl on the platform of a railway station. What if this meeting is not accidental and her whole life is subordinated to someone’s pre-thought-out plan? And problems in her personal life, and an accident that crippled her, and inexplicable lapses in memory, and the mysterious Vortex - an obstacle in the information field that the young scientist Konstantin is trying to find - all these are parts of the same mosaic. A cruel gypsy, an androgynous boy with a rarity with an inappropriate name, a ghostly girl who lives on the other side of the mirrors who calls herself Mariyka, a popular rap musician and a certain Bead, an entity from the bowels of the earth, are all connected by an invisible thread. And the key to everything is hidden deep in the secret basements of Marianna’s memory. Marianna’s personal story is the story of a girl’s relationship with her past and future, closely intertwined with the symbolism of the Tarot, a flight from Death itself. “Death is Hydra, we must run from it!” Is it only from her? Marianne reveals an alternative picture of the world, with the perception of which you understand that, in fact, there is nowhere to run. The book immerses you in the world of magic and mystical symbolism. Along with an entertaining plot and an unexpected ending, it contains some practical knowledge in an artistic sauce.