Alexey Polyarinov's novel resembles a complex system of lakes. It has cyberpunk, and the majestic constructions of David Mitchell, and Borges, and David Foster Wallace... But its heroes - a young journalist, a hacker and an artist - live in Moscow and, as best they can, resist the onset of a brave new world. And they defend the center of gravity - their own, their families and their homeland - as best they can.