Alexey Salnikov (b. 1978) is the author of the novels “The Petrovs in the Flu and Around It,” “The Department” and “Indirectly,” as well as several poetry collections. Winner of the “National Bestseller” award, finalist of the “Big Book” and “NOS” awards. Salnikov’s new novel “Occulttraeger” is written in the genre of urban fantasy. 2019, small Ural city. Occulttraegers are special creatures whose job is to keep warm in cooling cities and to be a link between people, cherubs and devils. The main character Praskovya is just an occult trager. She is two hundred years old, she changes her appearance every four months and values only the homunculus - her companion and assistant, who has taken the form of a child. But suddenly the homunculus begins to be in danger...