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The Rain King is a love story about a pair of imperfect people in the setting of the first months of the covid quarantine in spring 2020. A story of long-standing resentments, painful experiences and the search for identity against the backdrop of the possible end of the world.

Kostya and Mariana are typical representatives of the generation of zoomers, whose consciousness was formed in the Internet era. Despite their different tastes, outlooks on life and social status, their feelings grew into a long-term relationship. The sudden outbreak of the epidemic forced the characters to return to their parents' homes and rediscover communication with their relatives, marked by the traumatic legacy of the past.

The characters have to re-inscribe themselves in the disturbing reality of half-empty Kyiv with its underground bars, panic in their eyes over the masks, and the inability to plan for the future. Perhaps it's time to deal with ourselves before the Rain King ascends his throne and the victims don't know they are victims?

The new novel by Serhiy Martyniuk is a book about finding what was lost and the price we are willing to pay to change something for real.