In one of Berlin’s parks, the body of a girl who died under horrific circumstances is found. The body was discovered on a bench in an awkward, half-sitting pose, slightly leaning to the left. Soon, a series of similarly mysterious murders occurs. All the victims are young, drained of blood women. And they are all united by one strange feature: a frozen, happy smile on their faces.
A German police task force takes on the case—an extravagant beauty, Diana; a young but already disillusioned police officer, Mark Schneider; and Atalik Tezer, a German of Turkish roots. The killings have the hallmark of vampires—so what kind of vampires could there be in a modern urban world?
Eva Bash is a linguistics teacher and a finalist of the Open Central Asia-2014 competition.