Ледяной Эдем

On nazyval sebi͡a Adamom. On byl uveren, chto smozhet vozroditʹ chelovechestvo. Nuzhny byli tolʹko zhenshchiny na rolʹ Evy. Mnogo zhenshchin…Karelʹskui͡u derevni͡u Kaĭse okruzhai͡ut neprokhodimye bolota, zamerzshie ozera, produvaemye vsemi vetrami pustyri. Mestnye davno ottuda sʺekhali, i shansov povstrechatʹ tam cheloveka namnogo menʹshe, chem odinokogo istoshchennogo medvedi͡a ili volka. A eshche v tekh mestakh estʹ kapishche s derevi͡annymi istukanami - zhutkoe mesto, kotoroe brodi͡agi ili geologi starai͡utsi͡a obkhoditʹ storonoĭ.Gde-to v tekh mestakh chetyre goda nazad propala devushka Varvara Karpova. Roditeli poekhali ee iskatʹ - i tozhe sginuli. Telo materi nashli s pulevym raneniem, a otet͡s propal bez vesti.Operativno-razysknai͡a gruppa po puti na kapishche uvi͡azla v sugrobakh, no k schastʹi͡u, smogla dobratʹsi͡a do edinstvennoĭ obitaemoĭ izby. Tam s zhenoĭ i chetyrʹmi͡a detʹmi zhil khranitelʹ stariny i sozdatelʹ mestnogo ėtnograficheskogo muzei͡a Tikhon Dikonov.On soglasilsi͡a pomochʹ syshchikam v rassledovanii i predlozhil...On nazyval sebi͡a Adamom. On byl uveren, chto smozhet vozroditʹ chelovechestvo. Nuzhny byli tolʹko zhenshchiny na rolʹ Evy. Mnogo zhenshchin…Karelʹskui͡u derevni͡u Kaĭse okruzhai͡ut neprokhodimye bolota, zamerzshie ozera, produvaemye vsemi vetrami pustyri. Mestnye davno ottuda sʺekhali, i shansov povstrechatʹ tam cheloveka namnogo menʹshe, chem odinokogo istoshchennogo medvedi͡a ili volka. A eshche v tekh mestakh estʹ kapishche s derevi͡annymi istukanami - zhutkoe mesto, kotoroe brodi͡agi ili geologi starai͡utsi͡a obkhoditʹ storonoĭ.Gde-to v tekh mestakh chetyre goda nazad propala devushka Varvara Karpova. Roditeli poekhali ee iskatʹ - i tozhe sginuli. Telo materi nashli s pulevym raneniem, a otet͡s propal bez vesti.Operativno-razysknai͡a gruppa po puti na kapishche uvi͡azla v sugrobakh, no k schastʹi͡u, smogla dobratʹsi͡a do edinstvennoĭ obitaemoĭ izby. Tam s zhenoĭ i chetyrʹmi͡a detʹmi zhil khranitelʹ stariny i sozdatelʹ mestnogo ėtnograficheskogo muzei͡a Tikhon Dikonov.On soglasilsi͡a pomochʹ syshchikam v rassledovanii i predlozhil navestitʹ svoego soseda - otshelʹnika Kazubova, obitai͡ushchego u kapishcha v zanesennoĭ snegom khizhine…___________"Proizvedenii͡a Aleksa Normana - ėto neveroi͡atno tochno peredannai͡a atmosfera smutnogo uzhasa i opasnosti. Si͡uzhet razvivaetsi͡a plavno, s legkim uskoreniem. Chitatelʹ vse vremi͡a nakhoditsi͡a ri͡adom s personazhami, on slyshit vse zvuki, on ulavlivaet zapakhi, on ezhitsi͡a ot severnogo kholoda i s toskoĭ pogli͡adyvaet na nizkoe vystuzhennoe nebo. I poka eshche net ubiĭstv i krovi, no ozhidanie priblizhai͡ushcheĭsi͡a dramy nastolʹko silʹno, chto net voli otorvatʹsi͡a ot knigi i otvlechʹsi͡a na chto-libo inoe. Vlastʹ trillerov Normana nad nami - beskonechna…" - Alekseĭ Makeev, pisatelʹ, soavtor detektivnykh romanov o syshchike Gurove

He called himself Adam. He was confident that he could revive humanity. Only women were needed for the role of Eve. A lot of women…The Karelian village of Kaise is surrounded by impassable swamps, frozen lakes, and windswept wastelands. The locals moved out a long time ago, and the chances of meeting a person there are much less than a lonely exhausted bear or wolf. And in those places there is a temple with wooden idols - a creepy place that tramps or geologists try to avoid.Somewhere in those places, Varvara Karpova's girlfriend disappeared four years ago. Her parents went to look for her - and also disappeared. The mother's body was found with a bullet wound, and the father was missing.The operational search team got bogged down in snowdrifts on the way to the temple, but fortunately, they were able to reach the only inhabited hut. Tikhon Dikonov, the curator of antiquities and the creator of the local ethnographic museum, lived there with his wife and four children.He agreed to help the detectives in the investigation and offered...He called himself Adam. He was confident that he could revive humanity. Only women were needed for the role of Eve. A lot of women…The Karelian village of Kaise is surrounded by impassable swamps, frozen lakes, and windswept wastelands. The locals moved out a long time ago, and the chances of meeting a person there are much less than a lonely exhausted bear or wolf. And in those places there is a temple with wooden idols - a creepy place that tramps or geologists try to avoid.Somewhere in those places, Varvara Karpova's girlfriend disappeared four years ago. Her parents went to look for her - and also disappeared. The mother's body was found with a bullet wound, and the father was missing.The operational search team got bogged down in snowdrifts on the way to the temple, but fortunately, they were able to reach the only inhabited hut. Tikhon Dikonov, the curator of antiquities and the creator of the local ethnographic museum, lived there with his wife and four children.He agreed to help the detectives in the investigation and offered to visit his hermit neighbor Kazubov, who lives near the temple in a snow-covered hut...___________"Alex Norman's works are an incredibly accurately conveyed atmosphere of vague horror and danger. The plot develops smoothly, with a slight acceleration. The reader is always next to the characters, he hears all the sounds, he catches the smells, he shivers from the northern cold and looks longingly at the low, cold sky. And there are no murders and blood yet, but the expectation of the approaching drama is so strong that there is no will to break away from the book and distract yourself with something else. The power of Norman's thrillers over us is endless..." - Alexey Makeev, writer, co-author of detective novels about detective Gurov