Maxim can’t shoot, he doesn’t smash bricks with his fists, and he’ll try to avoid fights on the staircase. He’s happy in marriage, raises a daughter, is friends with neighbors, and works at a factory. Maxim’s life was quiet and calm, filled with familiar family joys—until one day a green fog curled up beyond the windows. The brutal world of the Ulyah grinds millions of human lives into pulp every minute. What will await an ordinary, unremarkable person here, besides pain and suffering?