Zhivushchiy

Smerti net! Tak privetstvuyut drug druga lyudi novoy ery, nastupivshey posle Velikogo Sokrashcheniya. Chelovechestvo naschityvaet tri milliarda – i otnyne eto chislo neizmenno, tak skazano v Knige Zhizni. Chelovechestvo stalo Zhivushchim – edinym, postoyanno vosproizvodyashchim sebya organizmom, v kotorom vse cherez mozg podklyucheny k global'noy seti Socio. Zhivushchiy – ideal'no stabil'naya sistema, kotoraya polozhila konec neravenstvu, granicam, voynam, naciyam i religiyam. Smerti net, sushchestvuet lish' Pauza, posle kotoroy chelovek rozhdaetsya vnov'. On poluchaet dostup k yacheyke s pamyat'yu predydushchey versii sebya, chtoby prozhit' eshche odnu zhizn' v virtual'nom, otorvannom ot vsego nastoyashchego mire, gde ego mesto izvestno i predopredeleno. Do tekh por, poka ne rozhdaetsya Zero – geneticheskiy sboy, oshibka prirody. Tri milliarda pervyy chelovek, lishniy element v sisteme, grozyashchiy narushit' ravnovesie Zhivushchego…