A cult novel from the best science fiction writers in Europe, according to the Eurocon 2005 Pan-European Science Fiction Conference. Vita Nostra has been translated into 6 languages, and the authors have won more than 100 awards, domestic and international. Sasha Samokhina's life is turning into a nightmare. She was offered an offer that could not be refused; after graduating from high school, Sasha unwillingly enters a strange institute of Special Technologies, where students look like monsters and teachers look like fallen angels. They teach her here. . . To what? And what will happen to her after graduation?The Dyachenko couple were born in Kiev, co-authors, screenwriters, and winners of more than a hundred literary awards. For the last ten years we have been living in the USA, writing in Russian in the genres of modern science fiction, fantasy and fairy tales. Their books have been translated and published in America, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, China and other countries. After the death in 2022 of Sergey Dyachenko, her husband, friend and co-author, Marina continues their common cause, as promised to Sergey.