Anton Kochkarev is a clown and a former theatre actor who does side jobs at corporate events.
Francis “Prince” Mbele is a football player with worldwide fame, a forward for FC “Siberia.”
Larisa Redens is a police sergeant...
What could possibly connect these completely different people? They woke up in the Novosibirsk Academgorodok—and immediately had to fight for their lives. They will have to escape from the temple of science, which has turned into a place of brawls for feral gangs. They will have to survive the winter in the taiga, set up everyday life, master fishing and hunting skills, and for Larisa, even give birth and raise a child.
And just when, it seems, life has finally settled down, this tiny well-being collapses under a new, cruel order. From the city come supply-prep detachments, and among the small settlements, a feud begins.
New Siberia advances in giant steps, crushes everything in its path, exposes human nature, leaving equal chances both for a feat and for betrayal.
Choice is for people.