Tanec s kostmi – Semjankiv Andrij (2025)

WHAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE: A PIECE OF BODY OR HUMAN DIGNITY?

The pathologist at a Kyiv hospital, Severyn Donyk, faces death every day – but the most terrifying things do not lurk on the autopsy table, but rather behind the hospital doors. The gray zone of Ukrainian healthcare, where the dead become commodities and the living fight for survival, pulls frustrated Severyn into a trap of debts, intrigues, and illegal dealings.

When he accepts an offer from a mysterious company, Materia Obscura, it seems he has finally found a way out. So what if he occasionally has to deliberately make a wrong diagnosis, steal a tissue sample, or cut a bone from a corpse? But every decision comes with a price – and the line between victim and perpetrator dangerously blurs.

Dancing with Bones is a gripping medical thriller about the black market for human body parts, the creeping decay of human conscience, and the futile struggle for dignity.

A sharp Ukrainian bestseller awarded the BBC News Ukraine Book Award 2022 for Book of the Year.

For fans of crime thrillers by Robin Cook, Peter May, or Jens Lapidus.