The events of the new novel by Alexei Polyarinov unfold in a world where thirty years ago a catastrophe occurred and cadavers - frozen figures of dead children - appeared throughout the country. The main characters Matvey and Dasha go on an expedition to the south of the country to study mysterious anomalies. During the journey, they discover how the presence of the dead has changed the life of the living, and how the living have become accustomed to sharing space with the dead.