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From Ukraine's first techno-thriller to the New Dark Ages science-fiction series: novels, thrillers and popular-science essays. His books have been published in Ukrainian, Polish, German, Czech and Hungarian.

15+books
500,000+copies sold
5translation languages
New Dark Ages ★ 4.76 Collapse
Science-fiction novel

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A month ago, a bloody uprising by the Mars-born upset the balance of power between the most influential Martian corporations, a balance that had ensured relative political stability in Newborn for decades. On Earth, infants infected with the SDI agent undergo a violent metamorphosis that completely transforms their bodies. Scientists trying to resist the invasion discover a strange carbon world far beyond the universe visible from Earth.

2026year
928pages
50 000print run
New Dark Ages ★ 4.66 Colony
Science-fiction novel

Colony

The year is 2141. Humanity on Earth has barely recovered from clodis when a new pathogen appears, infecting only pregnant women. The population of the Martian Colonies has exceeded one hundred thousand, a third of them born on Mars. They are losing the competition for jobs to highly specialised experts from Earth.

2023year
928pages
82 000print run
Non-fiction ★ 4.54 The Theory of Improbability
Popular-science essays

The Theory of Improbability

Why do we age? Is it true that most bacteria are harmless? This book brings together seventy stories that debunk common myths and explain technologies, events and phenomena from a scientific perspective.

2023year
304pages
22 000print run
Novel ★ 4.39 Don't Look Back and Stay Silent
A supernatural novel with elements of horror and technology

Don't Look Back and Stay Silent

Imagine a place on Earth that seems frozen in time, a refuge for anyone wishing to escape reality. Fourteen-year-old Mark has to move to a new school, where he becomes a target of bullying. One day, he discovers a way into just such a world.

2017year
512pages
85 000print run
Novel ★ 4.11 Where There Is No God
A novel exploring social issues

Where There Is No God

An attempt to understand whether there is something within us that can stop us from turning into beasts in a place where morality no longer applies.

2018year
480pages
52 000print run
Novel ★ 4.26 Look into My Dreams
A social drama with supernatural elements

Look into My Dreams

During a routine ear operation, two-year-old Theo's heart suddenly stops. For thirty-six seconds, the boy hovers between the worlds of the living and the dead. Then he returns. Two years will pass before Myron Bilinskyi, Theodore's father, realises that his son did not return alone. Something attached itself to Theo while he was beyond the line that most of us cross only once. Desperate to save his son, Myron travels to America, where the latest advances in neuroscience make it possible to visualise human dreams. He cannot imagine that his determination to help will become an even worse nightmare once the thing living in little Theo's dreams realises it is being watched.

2016year
528pages
44 000print run
Augmented reality ★ 4.42 Until the Light Goes Out Forever
A speculative novel with augmented reality

Until the Light Goes Out Forever

The story of sisters Ruta and India. When India's fiancé dies in an accident, her younger sister dares to use her ability to influence reality through dreams.

2019year
560pages
30 000print run
Thriller ★ 4.45 Bot: The Atacama Crisis
Techno-thriller

Bot: The Atacama Crisis

If Kyiv programmer Tymur had read a stranger's warning email in time, he would never have become an unwitting killer.

2012year
544pages
35 000print run
Thriller ★ 4.30 Bot: The Guayaquil Paradox
Techno-thriller

Bot: The Guayaquil Paradox

Once the best programmer at TTR, Tymur can no longer write code. Meanwhile, his bots are spreading a new epidemic of aggression.

2015year
512pages
30 000print run
Thriller ★ 4.38 The Stronghold
Psychological thriller

The Stronghold

Five friends set out to find the mysterious city of Paititi and, against all odds, discover it. But are they the first to have gone looking for easy riches?

2013year
560pages
29 000print run
Thriller ★ 4.21 The Ruthless Sky
Techno-thriller

The Ruthless Sky

A terrible plane crash takes place at a Paris airport. The aircraft was designed and built in Ukraine.

2014year
604pages
27 000print run
Collection ★ 4.14 For the Sake of the Future
Short-story collection

For the Sake of the Future

A collection of stories from different years: horror, techno-thrillers, supernatural tales and fiction tackling social issues. There is something of everything here.

2019year
304pages
18 000print run