Evgeniy Sannikov

New Year's Eve. Two friends steal a third friend's body from the morgue to bury him according to his wishes, only to find themselves suspended between life and death in a winter forest.

Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Suddenly he turns into an outcast, whom his former colleagues search across the whole city. At night Volkonogov is visited by a messenger from the other world, who warns him that after death he will go hell and be tormented forever. But he has an opportunity to change his fate and get to paradise if he repents, and at least one person forgives him. The Captain embarks on his way to find forgiveness. But he cannot even fathom what tests are awaiting him on this way.

Fall of 1941. Freshly graduated from school, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya volunteers for a partisan unit. During an assignment, her comrades are ambushed, and she is captured by the Nazis. She endures hours of grueling interrogations and horrendous torture, but defiantly refuses to divulge any information that would compromise other units’ partisan missions. She doesn’t even tell her captors her real name. Zoya’s sacrifice was not in vain; it ignited fire in the hearts of millions of people and became the symbol of selfless heroism during WWII. She is one of the most celebrated heroes of that time.

Pasha «Veterok» is a brilliant con man who created a Ponzi scheme that has lured gullible citizens, businessmen, and criminal kingpins alike. As Veterok prepares to disappear with the money to Bali, his plans are thwarted-someone is already aiming a sniper rifle at him. Young detective Lyosha Boldyrev is assigned to investigate this mysterious murder. Oddly enough, Veterok himself is among the victims of his scheme: Lyosha invested his last money in the scheme to treat his ailing grandmother. While Lyosha is still processing what's happening, Pasha's ghost appears before him. Returning from heaven, the con man must atone for his guilt before those he deceived. Now, Pasha, having acquired "ghostly" superpowers, helps Lyosha investigate his own murder, while the detective gradually immerses himself in the dangerous world of his former clients. Will the con man ever be forgiven? And how do you do that if you're a ghost and your partner is a principled cop?

1984, Sverdlovsk, USSR. A shy freshman, an entrepreneur, a poet and two charming it-girls navigate life in a student dorm, sharing their griefs and joys, all for one and one for all. Suddenly a horrible accident blows up the life of the dorm when a female student commits suicide. The dorm is a miniature model of the world that encapsulates the full range of human passions, acts of bravery and cowardice, aspirations for virtue and failures, of love, friendship and betrayal.

The story is about the feelings of a man who has committed an irreparable crime.

During a nationwide moral panic caused by a recent spike in teenage suicides two federal investigators are sent to a small Russian town to review a cold case involving a suspicious death of a schoolgirl. Initially seeing their task as a mere PR stunt both gradually start to loose their focus as they venture deeper into the paranoid world of conspiracy theories surrounding the case.

1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is forced not only to sell its small business, but also to seek help from its fellow tribesmen.

Evgeny and Evgenia share the same name, difficult personalities, and complicated personal lives. He is in love with his best friend's fiancée, she is having an affair with her boss. The young people meet by chance at a party and instantly feel mutual... antipathy toward each other. But that doesn't stop them from ending up in the same bed. But afterwards everything becomes even more complicated.

Young writer Sandra presents her debut novel in Paris. Among the guests, she sees a mysterious stranger who reminds her of the secrets of her past. Seeking answers, she flies to St. Petersburg and discovers a replica of herself, living under a different name.

The young actress Sveta graduated from the theater academy, lives in St. Petersburg and dreams of starring not in casual TV series, but in serious films and playing serious roles. She is lucky, she ends up in a Bollywood project, which brings together movie stars, the best DJs and choreographers of the country. But everything turns out to be not very simple. Nobody knows the script, the actors live in a small hotel for months and do not understand what is happening. It turns out that in addition to the main filming, the actors, DJ and choreographers are involved in a strange game.

A young talented experimental physicist Artem meets an orphanage pupil Misha. The teenager is obsessed with the idea of ​​seeing his native village, memories of which are captured on a single videotape. A chain of random events leads the new acquaintances to a village house, where the boy meets his early childhood, and the scientist sees the prospects of his discoveries in science in a new way and gives the teenager a goal in life, infecting him with a love of science.

Yekaterinburg of the 90s. A company of young poets, including the most talented — a junior researcher at the Institute of Geophysics Boris Ryzhy, wanders through the cold and dangerous streets of the city from party to party. Ironic and friendly, he can negotiate with local brothers with equal ease, drive to Moscow for the "Anti-Booker" award, fight at the stall and crash into the department.

Famous musician Nikita Prozorov is kidnapped in a house in the center of Moscow. Investigator Ivanov finds out that the abduction was staged, and Nikita's mother, Renata, a well-known TV producer, is involved in this. Only one thing is known for sure that Nikita was taken to the clinic in an unconscious state for experimental treatment on computer psychocorrection of personality. To understand the reasons and deep motives of Renata's act, the investigator will have to piece together the history of the complex relationship between mother and son and answer the main question: did Renata kill her son or save his life?

Winter of 1945. The Soviet Army is conducting a successful offensive in East Prussia. A new addition is coming to the reconnaissance company — young guys without combat experience. Everyone understands perfectly well that there is very little left until the end of the war, and the command decides to gather them into one department and leave them in the rear, in a small estate where a German family lives.