When Oleksandr Chichenko is assigned to the far north in the search for a missing commissar, and to investigate the drop in production at a previously model Soviet he expects to meet resistance, perhaps even murder, but what he discovers is far, far worse. As the layers of the mystery peel away like the skin of an onion Chichenko finds himself on dangerous ground in a place where the walls of reality are thin and an ancient dreamer has been awakened.(Cover...