The Cadet

11 hrs. 19 min.

Language Russian

Author Ivan Shaman

Narrator Dmitry Kuznetsov

Civilization perished in the fire of a terrorist attack. 90% of adults died, 9% became zombies whose brains nanites slowly restore—turning life into a computer game where the level rises when you absorb nanites from other people’s bodies. And only 1% remained normal. Everyone saves themselves as they can. And only a group of selfless soldiers—through blood and privation—tries to create for children gathered from all over Sakhalin an illusion of peace. They feed them, clothe them, and shoe them. Maxim, who at enlistment received the call sign Universal, is one of the few who knows what it costs to keep each little bit alive. But he is still a child, under strict guardianship. How much longer can they keep the children away from the outside world—and what will they have to pay for it? Or will the children themselves stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their older comrades, keeping the world from sliding any further into an infernal abyss?

1. Universal (narrated by Dmitry Kuznetsov) 2. The Cadet 3. The Free One (narrated by Dmitry Kuznetsov)