"Dead of the Upper Log" - a gloomy philosophical tale with a multi-level plot The subtle psychologism of the narrative inherent in the books of Mariana Romanova makes the reader believe in the mystical events of the novel. Revolutionary Petrograd, modern Moscow, a strange settlement in the northern forests, the hippie commune of the 70s, a poor village in equatorial Africa - against the background of these scenery, a terrible legend is being investigated that there are people capable of raising the dead from the ground. In an equally fascinating intonation, the author tells about a village in which people disappear, about a woman who falls in love only with old men, about ancient priestly rites, about how people treat the dead and death, and about what is essentially death.