Elena Tokareva's new novel intersects all modern Russian dramas and tragedies. At the center of the story is the fate of the younger generation of the Russian elite, whose parents are losing their position. The children have to start all over again. There are two main characters: a girl and a boy. Roman and Julia. When they meet, they are fifteen years old. The second time fate brings them together is when they are twenty-three. Eight years from the life of the country. Both had to go through a lot. And most importantly, they entered a different reality. The fate of Russia is too closely intertwined with the fate of China. Who will come out on top? They say that when people come into contact, they give each other everything, but only the worst is absorbed. “Hieroglyph” is written in the genre of fantastic realism. This is a dystopia. All the faces are very recognizable, and all the events, on the contrary, are unexpected. They are synthesized from protein and energy, which the writer captured in a dialogue with a higher being.