Viener Kweed

Viener Kweed is the pen name of Vova Kosinskiy for fiction writing. I've always dreamed of writing science fiction and have been fascinated by dystopian stories. I wanted to blend sci-fi, satire, and adventure to uncover the underbelly of our world. To write this book, I had to create a new personality—take the best parts of myself and add what allows me to transcend time and space.

Our future is a projection of what has been and what is. I was caught in the whirlwind of history's tectonic shifts from the moment I was born. I still vividly remember marching in formation in first grade, singing songs about Lenin and the Bolsheviks. When the Soviet Union collapsed, I thought: this is it, freedom. But it wasn’t.

The period of great upheaval brought a moment of uncertainty. The old ideology had died, but the new one had yet to be imposed. Life itself forced me to learn critical thinking. How lucky we were that smartphones didn’t exist back then. When you stand for two hours in a packed store, lost in a crowd of hundreds, only to buy two loaves of bread, you start looking for a way to escape harsh reality using imagination.

Much later, having survived all the economic crises and poverty, another window of freedom opened when I was able to travel to other countries. It all shut down so quickly: epidemic, war. Now I truly understand the value of freedom. I see that one part of the world is moving toward authoritarianism, while another is slipping into the abyss of obscurantism. The saddest thing is that so many people think they’re free, but that’s far from the truth. The goal for Viener Kweed isn’t just to entertain the reader but also to reveal the utopian nature of humanity’s aspirations. Life is a journey through mysterious paths.