Anna Starobinets' new novel is a unique genre construct at the intersection of detective fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, allowing the reader to glimpse into a frightening, dark... In the post-apocalyptic New Middle Ages, where eternal cold and twilight reign, the skies are veiled in ash, and science is considered heresy, a young inquisitor investigates a case of witchcraft, desperately trying to see reality and truth where everyone else sees illusion and sorcery.
Anna Starobinets' new novel is a unique genre construct at the intersection of detective fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, allowing the reader to glimpse into a frightening, dark past that has arrived in place of a bright future.
Seventeen centuries have passed since a global nuclear catastrophe that almost wiped humanity off the face of the earth. The survivors, having lost all the scientific and technical achievements of their old life, have embarked on a new cycle. The climate has changed, religion has changed, the pace and duration of life have changed, animals have changed. So much has changed, yet human behavior remains the same, and the New Middle Ages are painfully similar to the old ones. An epidemic is raging in the village of Chistye Kholmy, and the residents are convinced it is the work of a witch—the local seamstress. Throw her into the volcano, and life will improve at once.
Author: Anna Starobinets
Pages: 288 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 216x146x20 mm
