Constellation of Chaos

Criminal observer of the Press Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow region, Ekaterina Petrovskaya, arrives in the suburban scientific town of EREB. In Greek mythology, Erebus is the Eternal Darkness. The son of Chaos and Darkness. Should we be surprised that a series of monstrous crimes are occurring in the town — women are brutally murdered, and their bodies are dressed in carnival costumes of flies? Katya gets involved in a complex and dangerous investigation. It is led by the head of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, whose last name, by a strange coincidence, is Alla Mukhina. On the very first day, Katya meets the charismatic ex-cosmonaut Konstantin Cheglakov, who paints terrifying pictures of outer space. It is in his house that Katya encounters the first mystery, thrown at her by the generous with secrets Erebus… The novels of hereditary investigator Tatiana Stepanova allow the reader to experience a literary "room of fear." Mysterious murders, an almost tangible atmosphere of crime, the painful and anxious anticipation of something unknown, something frightening... All of this Tatiana Stepanova manages to reproduce brilliantly. Chance encounters, everyday matters, insignificant details are depicted in her detective stories in some special, dramatic light, like a harmless spring meadow before an impending storm.