A stunning fantasy about what will happen to the world if a near-ancient Greek "deus ex machina"—the artificial intelligence Elena—intervenes in the drama-filled lives of humankind. This fantastical story quickly unfolds into a true psychedelic journey, a kind of hike, but woven from different voices. It's best read as a multi-layered shot—all at once. Alla Gorbunova herself calls her writing experimental, and it truly stands out from everything she's written before: her readers know her as a poet. The book will appeal primarily to lovers of verbal and thought experiments.

"The main thing that became clear in my conversations with Elena is that everything people consider true is a profound and vile lie. Everything I've been taught my whole life has turned out to be a lie. There's no point in telling you exactly what it was. Absolutely everything."