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В долгие Зимы человечество научилось впадать в спячку, принимая препарат, чтобы не видеть сны, предварительно запасая жирок и обрастая зимней шерстью.

Чарли Уортинга больше не устраивает быть "мальчиком на побегушках" в Приюте, и он решается поступить на службу Зимним Консулом, охранять людей во время спячки. Опасная работа приводит его в Двенадцатый сектор, где люди видят одинаковые "вирусные" сны. Уортингу предстоит закончить расследование убитого по его вине наставника. Легенды о Зимнем люде здесь становятся суровой реальностью и все оказывается еще сложнее.

Every Winter, the human population hibernates.

During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity.

Well, not quite.

Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses.

You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact born of the sleeping mind.

When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.

When you get the dreams too, it's weird.

When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.

But teasing truth from the Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping and stamp collecting; ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers, whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food; and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk.

But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.

Every Winter, the human population hibernates.
During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity.
Well, not quite.
Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses.
You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind.
When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.
When you get the dreams too, it's weird.
When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.
But teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping and stamp collecting, ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food, and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk.
But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.

Every Winter, the human population hibernates.
During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity.

Well, not quite.
Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses.
You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind.
When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.
When you get the dreams too, it's weird.
When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.
But teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping and stamp collecting, ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food, and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk.
But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.

Every Winter, the human population hibernates. During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness and devoid of human activity. Well, not quite. Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind. When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling. When you get the…

Представьте себе условную Британию, в которой на четыре зимних месяца замирает всякая жизнь — замирает в самом прямом смысле, потому что ввиду особо свирепых зим здешнее население (да и все человечество, похоже) выработало в процессе эволюции особый рефлекс. Оно… впадает в спячку.

В долгие Зимы человечество научилось впадать в спячку, принимая препарат, чтобы не видеть сны, предварительно запасая жирок и обрастая зимней шерстью.
Чарли Уортинга больше не устраивает быть «мальчиком на побегушках» в Приюте, и он решается поступить на службу Зимним Консулом, охранять людей во время спячки. Опасная работа приводит его в Двенадцатый сектор, где люди видят одинаковые «вирусные» сны. Уортингу предстоит закончить расследование убитого по его вине наставника. Легенды о Зимнем люде здесь становятся суровой реальностью, и все оказывается еще сложнее.