A group of tourists does what tourists always do: they’re in a hard-to-reach place far from help and civilization. But what if you add to the team an inexperienced girl from Moscow— and also someone running from her problems? And what if the mountain stretch of river becomes impossible to float down, with the water carrying the remnants of some melted cosmic body—or even the alien itself. Who could have thought the first contact would happen under such difficult conditions—and whether it would happen at all? We don’t hold negotiations with ants or dolphins, so why did we think we could interest someone more advanced and nothing like us?
This book will appeal to fans of unraveling complex plots where, at first, everyone adores one another, then they’re afraid, and later they start suspecting. There are only seven characters, but how many skeletons will tumble out of the closet before the story reaches its climax. And then it won’t be time for reminiscing, because the loser leaves us forever.