Dead Souls

15 hrs. 57 min.

Language Russian

Author Sun Han

Narrator Alexey Dankov

Waking up, Yan Wei tries to piece together shattered memories and finds himself in the hands of a merciless medical system. The situation grows even more terrifying with the hospital’s “reservoir of mortal souls”—a sinister space where people become captives of an unending cycle: treatment, death, and a return to life.

When the patients decide to rise up against endless torment, the Hospital plunges into unprecedented chaos. Its unshakable order crumbles, giving way to madness, bursts of cruelty, and a carnival-like rampage. Stunned, Yan Wei increasingly asks himself what to believe: what his eyes see… or what his consciousness feels?

Written in an absurdist manner, the novel “Mortal Souls” draws Yan Wei ever deeper into a grotesque, ambiguous world, makes unexpected turns, and brings the “Hospital Trilogy” to a staggering finale.

“Han Sun is one of the most influential Chinese science fiction writers, whose texts constantly explore the boundary between reality and nightmare, between politics and metaphysics.” – MCLC Resource Center
“Gloomy, grotesque, and profoundly unsettling, a story in which familiar spaces become stages for absurdity, violence, and the collapse of reality.” – The New York Times
“Peculiar plot twists and a troubling, all-pervading wrongness capture you and remind you of other postmodern classic works.” – Booklist
“This work is not only a futuristic thriller, but also a philosophical meditation on technology, control, and human existence; the language and concept create a space close to today, yet filled with the anxiety of the future.” – Jury of the Nebula Award (China) for Science Fiction “Fog”
“The science fiction I write is two-dimensional, but Han Sun writes three-dimensional science fiction. If we view Chinese sci-fi as a pyramid, then two-dimensional sci-fi would be the foundation, and the three-dimensional sci-fi that Han Sun writes would be the peak.” – Liu Cixin
“China’s leading science fiction writer.” – Los Angeles Times

1. Sick Souls (narrated by Alexey Dankov) 2. Unclean Souls (narrated by Alexey Dankov) 3. Dead Souls

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