One eventful middle-class childhood behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet Leningrad. A mix of a fun memoir and social history of the years preceding the collapse of the USSR. (The book is finished.)

Kara’s best extracurricular is fighting monsters with her brother Hardy and best friend Sam. Then Kara dies and Sam disappears. Returning as a ghost, Kara enlists the help of a witch to find Sam. That’s when things get scary.