Gartoriks

2241 year. Humanity's life is built around the phenomenon of Transfer: after receiving a number, a mysterious biochemical code, a person's body dies while their consciousness is transferred to a beast-like body on the planet Gartoriks. Who and when will... receive the number is unknown; refusing it is impossible, one can only pass it to another. On Gartoriks, human consciousness can change bodies and live forever — and there is a real hunt for tickets to immortality: in a TV show where one can win a number, the whole planet selects winners live on air, the powerful Department of Consciousness Protection has replaced all the intelligence services of the world, and criminal cartels are dealing in numbers on the black market... But is life on Gartoriks really that good? A heavy atmosphere reminiscent of “Blade Runner,” a world densely populated with creatures of Hans Giger. It's impossible to detach oneself — sleep is unattainable, electric sheep have long been fed to the horror of the inevitability of death... What price are you willing to pay for the realization of the dream of immortality? Yulia Gumen Not all of us will die, but not all will change; to become immortal, one must cease to be human, — but even then it is impossible to turn off one's humanity. Otherwise, how will we recognize each other after leaving Earth?.. An exciting, multi-layered novel that leaves readers room for contemplation on death and immortality, love and kinship, silence and branches, time and sand. Tatiana Zamirovskaya “Gartoriks” may seem like a crime thriller, social science fiction, or visions of the afterlife, but it remains true to itself: a bold, cunning, and modern reflection on the nature and limits of human personality. Do you know, reader, who you are? Idlis has something to say about this. Alexander Gavrilov