The heroes of Ruslan Galeev’s new story are employees of a mysterious organization called the “Laboratory of Happiness.” Until yesterday, they existed in the routine of everyday life: sitting in traffic, counting money, and trudging through the hated work. They lived by what people call “a normal life.” But everything changed. Their home is a gigantic cave; their means of travel are airships; their goal is happiness.
A fairy tale for adults in which the romance of adventure is tightly intertwined with the cynicism of a middle-aged person: forty-five-year-old Kurt Cobain works in a crew of ice-cutters, while mighty cargo airships plow the emptiness around the World Tree. Surrealism and objective reality as one whole. A fairy tale that is too similar to the truth to be mere fantasy.