Rising Memory

Marianne's life resembles a fairy tale, but by no means a kind one - the further it goes, the scarier it becomes. The reason is the curse of a fortune teller that the girl encountered on the train station platform. But what if this meeting is not accidental and her whole life is subordinate to someone’s premeditated plan? Both the problems in her personal life and the accident that injured her, as well as the unexplained gaps in her memory and the mysterious Whirlwind - a disturbance in the information field that the young scientist Konstantin is trying to uncover - all these are parts of one mosaic. The cruel fortune teller, a boy-androgyne with a remarkably unsuitable name, a ghostly girl dwelling on the other side of mirrors who calls herself Mariyka, a popular rap musician, and a certain Businka, an entity from the depths of the earth, are all connected by an invisible thread. And the key to everything is hidden deep in the secret cellars of Marianne's memory. Marianne's personal story is the narrative of her relationship with her past and future, closely intertwined with the symbolism of Tarot, a flight from Death itself. "Death is a Hydra, you must run from it!" But only from it? An alternative picture of the world unfolds before Marianne, and with this perception, one realizes that essentially there is nowhere to run. The book immerses the reader in a world of magic and mystical symbolism. Alongside an engaging plot and an unexpected resolution, it presents certain practical knowledge under an artistic guise.