In Frank Tillier's new thriller “Vertigo,” the writer manages to create a chilling and at the same time suffocating atmosphere of a slammed trap. The hero of the novel, climber Jonathan Touvier, who conquered the main peaks of the planet, wakes up one night and suddenly discovers that he is chained to a rock in a strange cave, the exit from which is blocked. Around him there is cold, ice, darkness, next to him is his dog and two strangers: one, like Touvier, is chained to a rock, the other can move, but he is wearing an iron mask with a combination lock that will explode if he crosses the red line in search of salvation. Involuntary prisoners are at a loss: how and why did they end up here, who is manipulating them? But the main question is: to what degree of despair and brutality can a person go in order to survive?.. For the first time in Russian.