Synopsis for Yegor Baranov's Russian science-fiction thriller The Blackout (Avanpost) - f.k.a. The Outpost - from Central Partnership Sales House: "No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started... but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking. There are dead corpses everywhere: in stores, in cars, on roads, in hospitals and railway stations. Scientists determine the cause of death to be a toxin produced by people's own bodies. Who or what is destroying all life on Earth? How long will the last outpost of mankind survive?"