Never be a hero if you can avoid it. Don’t open doors that have been shut against you—through sheer stubbornness. Otherwise you’ll never be able to return to the world you leave behind. But if you’re nineteen, like Andrey Belsky, and you—just like him—were raised too well to ignore cries for help, then go ahead. You’ll have to live with the consequences. A wonderful, rainy St. Petersburg, the World of the Night—created by Andrey Vasiliev.