The Girl with the Matches

The start of a new series of dystopias. For all fans of the bestsellers "1984", "Brave New World" and "We". The year is 2065. Igor Sokolov is a thirty-eight-year-old president of the future Russia, where all officials live and work under video cameras, and judicial decisions are made by neural networks. Sokolov was once a gifted programmer who genuinely believes that emotions and thoughts can also be subjected to technology and is searching for startups on this topic. Sokolov invests in the "Capsule" — a device for reading thoughts and managing emotions through dreams, created by neurobiologist Kira Mechnikova. In the case of successful trials of the "Capsule", Sokolov plans to sign Law 147 — on the right of the state to intervene in the consciousness of citizens in the name of security. With the help of the "Capsule", Sokolov wants to completely remove those emotions and memories that make him human. He immerses himself in the "Capsule", unaware that the guide within the dream will be his worst enemy…