Dyachenko's spouses were born in Kiev, co-authors, screenwriters, laureates of more than a hundred literary awards.For the last ten years they have lived 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 Sergei Dyachenko, her husband, friend and co-author, Marina continues their common cause, as promised to Sergei.The new book is dedicated to the investigation of unusual crimes.This is a series of detective stories set in fictional worlds – but the motives and conflicts are so close to our contemporary.In addition to the novel in the novellas "Scale", which gave the name to the collection, the book includes the detective stories "The Land of the Vesnars" and "The Word of Perdition No. 5" in a new edition.