Stalking the Atomic City

An existential travel guide and an experiment in gonzo psychogeography, it stirs obvious comparisons with Hunter S Thompson... mesmerising * The Telegraph *
A voice that must be heard -- Patti Smith (via Instagram)
Kamysh's throbbing, fragmentary prose offers heart-stopping insight into what drives those who choose to trespass in dangerous places: reckless abandon in abandoned places -- Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment
Kamysh has made us understand why he thinks the zone around Chornobyl is so special, why - because of its desolate serenity, and the freedom it grants from the strictures of normal life - it may even be worth dying for. No mean feat... Remarkable * Guardian *
A brilliant, angry, witty, passionate book about the end of the future and what happens afterwards - Tarkovsky meets Hunter S. Thompson. Read it -- Kevin Power, author of White City
In the shadow of catastrophe, Markiyan Kamysh writes with all of youth's wayward lyricism, like a nuclear Kerouac -- Rob Doyle, author of Threshold
Grimly fascinating insights... a memorable read * Independent *
Stark, surreal... A visceral, graphic report from dystopia * Kirkus Reviews *
Blunt, bare, ecstatic... [Stalking the Atomic City] has a rare quality of revelation about it and hums with a kind of exhaustedly beautiful intensity * Quietus *
A fantastic account of the reality of disaster... A true backpacker's guide for disaster tourists * L'Humanité *
A poetic rush to madness... shockingly real, recounted in a stunning, original voice as lyrical as it is unnerving -- Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us
An extraordinary window on Chernobyl * New Scientist *
A hypnotic work of impressions, facts and photographs, documenting Kamysh's decade underground. Its timing could not be more pertinent * Irish Times *
An intimate, lived-in account of a ruined landscape and the people who find themselves drawn to it... a haunting, immersive read * Words Without Borders *