About the book: 2024 / This is the story of two women. One of them owes everyone. The other seems to be free, knows what she wants, but obeys ancient forces and hides her tail under her clothes. Two women live in a closed city near Murmansk, waiting for the morning in the endless polar night. They meet only under alcohol anesthesia, and this is their salvation - however, short-lived. This is also the story of a boy who is trying to find himself - finds, is deceived, loses. And finally, this is a love story: one, two and three, and none of them saves anyone. The ocean in this book is a metaphor for time. It erases expectations and memory and, like a wave, brings them again, trimming them at its discretion. “The ocean is gone. Everything around was empty. The licked sand covered the ground like an even stole».