Irina Lobanova

Having decided to run away to Africa, three Kazakh schoolboys—Arman, Murun, and Temirton—hastily begin studying English and the ethnography of African tribes. They often dream about the heroic deeds their squad will accomplish while defending the oppressed peoples of Africa.

A true story, set in the future. About seeds and genetic diversity, about growth and decay, about love and war, about hunger of all kinds. About what it means to be human, even when all your humanity is stripped away.