Syberia

Adventure

A scenic and enveloping story. An epic journey of self-discovery with a stunning plot twist.

The wild nature of Jack London is back, in a novel with strong introspective aspects. This is the incredible adventure of Janis, a young Polish dissident who escapes from a katorga, one of the terrible tsarist prison camps isolated in the Siberian taiga.
One morning, an event as mysterious as it is powerful shakes the camp, enabling Janis to escape. A blinding flash crosses the sky of the Russian taiga, followed by a roar and a violent blast of air. It is probably a meteorite.
Thus Janis begins his long journey through the unexpected, a hostile terrain marked by a continuous struggle against nature and into himself, as he tries to understand who he really is and the burden he carries inside. A terrible truth will be revealed to Janis at the end, after an encounter with a shaman, and arriving at the huge crater generated by the explosion. A truth that concerns his past and which will overturn his view of the world. Is it a dream? Is it reality?
Is it a second chance offered by destiny?

  • A novel that digs deep into the soul of both its main character and the reader.” Fabio Geda
  • Realistic adventure into the wildest, most hostile natural environment.
Publisher: San Paolo
Target: 12+
Year: 2023
Author
Guido Sgardoli

Born in San Donà di Piave (VE), a graduate in Veterinary Medicine, and a full-time writer. He collaborated for several years with newspapers, magazines, and websites dedicated to road trips, focusing on the history and traditions of the United States. He has had a long-standing interest in Ufology, Paranormal Phenomena, Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, and the History of the United States and Native Americans.

In addition to his love of animals, he has always cherished books since childhood. Like many people, one day he decided to write his own story. Since then, he has never stopped, and in 2004, he published his first book, followed by many others: adventurous, entertaining stories filled with various "animality" that are beloved and widely read by children and young readers.

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