A new employee appears at the library on the outskirts of Moscow — a gloomy, silent man of about forty. As a child, this was exactly where he imagined his future life: “In a library. Because there are many different books there.” Has the dream come true? Not quite so simple.
Because, although he is still alive, he has nevertheless died. Somewhere far from Russia — on the bank of a muddy narrow river with a loud name. He died as a GRU combat operative, one of the best. As an officer, as a man they trusted.
So is that the end of it? We’ll see…