About the book: 2006 / This city was cursed from the very beginning. Built among the disastrous swamps on the bones of thousands of serfs, it amazed with its imperial grandeur, but at the same time always left the impression of the unreality of its existence. And now the St. Petersburg residents’ nightmare has become a reality. The city has gone under water, and only the spiers and domes shine above the surface of the ugly huge Gulf of Finland. St. Petersburg is dying, but a strange and cruel life continues in it, in comparison with which Kevin Costner’s “Waterworld” seems like a naive children’s fairy tale. Genetic experiments designed to help people adapt to new conditions lead to the appearance of real monsters. Against the backdrop of all this, the times when the city was known as a “criminal capital” are perceived by residents as a “golden age” gone forever. But there are still those who remember the truth, fight for justice and hope for the best…