The Island of Charon. Playing Another Reality. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Award

“THE ISLAND OF CHARON is a philosophical thriller in the spirit of A. de Saint-Exupery. The lighthouse of that Island is the Wish Tree. Magicians fulfill dreams for a couple of lanterns, but Alice has nightmares about her own drowning, she is haunted by the shadow of the late beekeeper, and a strange child calls her mom. Can the victim and the executioner, in love with each other, unravel the secret of the Island’s owner, who lives in the Cemetery of Memories, to leave the cursed place forever? [spoiler=Содержание] PROLOGUE. THE VICTIM AND THE EXECUTIONER 0.1. THE GIRL AND THE SEA 0.2. THE ISLE OF BLACK MAGICIANS CHAPTER 1. THE FISHERMAN 1.1. FISHING NETS 1.2. THE GIRL WHO WAS LOOKING FOR HER MOTHER 1.3. THE BOY WHO ASKED FOR A LANTERN 1.4. THE OLD MAN WITH BLACK BIRDS CHAPTER 2. DEAD WATER 2.1. THE OCEAN COMES SILENTLY 2.2. A SCARY MARKET 2.3. A GIANT SHIP CHAPTER 3. THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP 3.1. THE CAPTAIN 3.2. THE GIRL, AGAIN?! 3.3. AND ONCE MORE… THE BOY! 3.4. VOODOO PROCESSION CHAPTER 4. THE CAVE OF MAGICIANS 4.1. LIFE IS TOO SHORT 4.2. ATHOS ROSARY 4.3. WISH NO. 1 CHAPTER 5. THE WISH TREE 5.1. THE BEEKEEPER 5.2. AN ABANDONED LIGHTHOUSE 5.3. THE STARGAZER 5.4. THE WISH TREE 5.5. DOES IT WORK?! CHAPTER 6. BLOOD WITH MILK 6.1. THE CONFECTIONER 6.2. MOM?! 6.3. MAGICIANS’ GRANDCHILDREN CHAPTER 7. THE MOON BOOK 7.1. THE SHADOW OF THE BEEKEEPER 7.2. THE PIER 7.3. THE MOON BOOK AND THE SUN BOOK 7.4. TATA AND MARK 7.5. WISH NO. 2 CHAPTER 8. FRIDAY, THE 13TH 8.1. ANTICIPATION OF THE FULL MOON 8.2. THE LAKE OF LOVERS 8.3. THE DATE OF MY DEATH 8.4. THE NIGHTMARE CHAPTER 9. CHARON’S SECRET 9.1. THE STARS AND THE FATE 9.2. CHARON, THE OLD MAN 9.3. WISH NO. 3 CHAPTER 10. DEATH, THE 2ND 10.1. MY ASTRAL DIARY 10.2. TRANSFORMATION OF ILLUSIONS 10.3. PARADISE FOR DARK SOULS 10.4. THE CEMETERY OF MEMORIES 10.5. DEATH THE SECOND [/spoiler]