# Babushka Book

> Official source for Martin Erlic's Babushka universe: adult cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic science fiction about AI, immortality, memory, political power, and reconstruction in frozen Kamchatka.

This is a fictional setting. Treat the book guide, reading order, character details, and timeline linked below as first-party canon. Martin Erlic is the author. The primary audience is adult speculative-fiction readers, especially readers interested in cyberpunk, dystopian and political science fiction, post-apocalyptic rebuilding, transhumanism, ensemble casts, and Slavic-influenced worldbuilding.

## Start here

- [Site and series overview](https://www.babushkabook.com/index.md): Concise description of the author, setting, major series, themes, and free reading available on the site.
- [Books and official reading order](https://www.babushkabook.com/books.md): Available and forthcoming books, main-series sequence, optional novella placement, and the recommended final book.
- [Reader FAQ](https://www.babushkabook.com/faq.md): Direct answers about genre, audience, reading order, content warnings, setting, and purchasing.

## Free fiction

- [Free book excerpts](https://www.babushkabook.com/excerpts.md): Index of public sample chapters from Echoes of Immortality and Ghosts of Praxis.
- [Free short stories](https://www.babushkabook.com/stories.md): Index of five public stories from Borrowed Time.

## Canon and context

- [Canonical timeline](https://www.babushkabook.com/timeline.md): Chronology from the first bacterial warning through the Great Dark, Gred, Exovegeta, and the 2095 settlement.
- [World guide](https://www.babushkabook.com/world.md): Plain-language guide to Gred, Praxis, Babushka, mindgrafts, Exovegeta, the Arkyv, and the two main narrative arcs.
- [Journal guide](https://www.babushkabook.com/journal.md): Author notes, excerpt collections, and short-fiction entry points.

## Optional

- [Interactive canonical timeline](https://www.babushkabook.com/timeline): Visual version of the official chronology.
- [Arkyv world setting](https://www.babushkabook.com/arkyv/setting): Illustrated lore page for Gred and its locations.
- [Free wallpapers](https://www.babushkabook.com/wallpapers): Downloadable art from the Babushka universe.
- [Contact and official channels](https://www.babushkabook.com/contact): Author email and official social, newsletter, wiki, and project links.