“Stories about time travel have long been a favorite among the general public, and the body of work on this theme is simply staggering. Yet Maxim Rykov takes an entirely new approach, examining the possibility of traveling back to the past from a fresh and original perspective. It must be said that the premise he has devised is incredibly compelling: time loops and temporal paradoxes, mysterious and elusive temporal rifts, high-stakes confrontations between agents of hostile organizations—and a doomsday catastrophe with global repercussions. ‘I Live in the October Era’ is a novel that hits the mark dead-on for true science fiction aficionados. I am convinced that the book’s ingenious and inventive setting will surprise and delight them just as it did me.”
— Anton Pervushin, writer and journalist.

★ When time becomes a cage, will you choose an eternal October—or embrace the freedom of marching toward the end of the world? The latest masterpiece from the winner of the New Fantasy Literature Award!
★ A science fiction novel with a fresh setting and a grand scope! A group of “Lunar People” are trapped in a specific time loop—a temporal fissure—where they endlessly relive a particular period (such as October), becoming prisoners of time.
★ To compete humanity’s ultimate future form, two rival factions have emerged from among them: the “Assimilators,” who seek to drag all of humanity into the time loop, trapping the world in eternal repetition; and the “Guardians,” who vow to defend the natural flow of time at all costs, protecting humanity from the curse of endless cycles.
★ From the northern landscapes of the 17th century to a post-apocalyptic future, this epic tale unfolds across nine interwoven stories and a centuries-spanning final war, exploring the nature of freedom, existence, and time itself.

When time becomes a cage, will you choose an eternal October—or embrace the freedom that leads to the end of the world?
“The People in the Moon”—a group of prisoners trapped in a time loop. Within their ranks, two irreconcilable factions have emerged: One seeks to drag all of humanity into an endless cycle, achieving “eternal life” through absolute safety; the other is determined to defend, at all costs, the right to let time flow naturally—even if the ultimate outcome is destruction.
From a 17th-century Russian village to a Soviet-era literary salon, and on to a future on the brink of apocalypse… nine souls trapped in different eras find their fates intertwined by a mysterious figure who can glimpse “beyond time.” A battle over the very nature of survival, spanning across epochs and dimensions, is about to determine the ultimate form of human existence.
With breathtaking sci-fi worldbuilding, Maxim Rykov weaves a vast tapestry of time, freedom, and memory. This is not just a science-fiction novel—it is a futuristic epic dedicated to anyone caught between nostalgia and the drive to move forward.