Post-apocalyptic world. People live in a huge artificial shelter bunker. From generation to generation. Going upstairs is deadly. “Volunteers” who go from time to time for cleaning, that is, to wipe the lenses of external surveillance cameras, die after a short time. Life in the shelter is strictly regulated. Caste system. If you are a porter, then no one else has the right to carry loads from level to level. If you work on a generator that supplies energy to all levels, then you cannot do anything else. And even more so the IT sector, the holy of holies of the system, the main supplier of information about the world around us. True, no one knows whether the information supplied by the sector is really true, and IT Co. staff do not allow outsiders into their possessions... In May 2023, the first season of the television series “Shelter”, based on Howie’s novel (directed by Adam Bernstein and Morten Tyldum, based on the script), premiered Graham Yost). The series was extremely popular, received high ratings and has already been renewed for the second and third seasons. Previously, the book was published under the title “Bunker. Illusion.”