Mir, pohozhiy na Evropu nachala XX veka. Holodnyy i mrachnyy gorod, gde vse esche zvuchat otgoloski nedavney grazhdanskoy voyny. Gorod politseyskih shpikov i plamennyh revolyutsionerov, fabrichnyh rabochih i byvshih aristokratov, poetov-buntarey i sumasshedshih uchenyh. I chudovisch.
Klara Silva v poiskah luchshey zhizni edet v Stolitsu Respubliki, no uzhe v poezde devushku nachinayut presledovat strannye videniya: pogibshiy otets prosit kogo-to spasti, a zhutkie kukly-kaprichcho prevraschayut ee sny v koshmary.
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