When the Mountain Falls: The Eternal Bride

The main action of the novel takes place high in the Tien Shan mountains, where the tragic paths of two suffering beings—man and a snow leopard—intersect. Both are victims of time, victims of circumstances, hostages of their own fate…

A desire for revenge brings Arsen Samanchin, a well-known journalist, to his home village, where a hunt for snow leopards has been organized for Saudi oil magnates… Arsen arrives in the mountains without knowing that he will meet here his last love—and perhaps even death. All the dramatic narrative is permeated by the legend of the Eternal Bride, who appears at the snow-covered mountain pass in a marvelous vision…