They could not even imagine what their tomorrow would be like. Simple people, Siberian residents who would be swallowed by a whirlpool of fateful events. On August 23, 2019, the world split for them into “before” and “after.” On that day, a world war began. A nuclear one. The world they had known was gone. Millions died at once. Billions—over the course of a few months. But the war of superpowers, intercontinental missiles, precision weapons, and submarines ended quickly. And another one began. For a can of stewed meat and a piece of bread—for the few who survived.