The book takes place in an unnamed southern city, the “Southern Capital,” as the author himself calls it. The city was shocked by the appearance of a brutal serial killer, whom the Internet has already nicknamed Lightning: in one month he kidnapped and killed several children, and the investigation does not have a single lead. A famous detective comes to the city from St. Petersburg to investigate this case. Many destinies, dreams and reality, will intertwine in this strange book, full of dark shadows and excellent black humor. A new book from the author of the novel “The Girl and the Dead.”