the MYSTERY of STONES originating from MEDUSA VIRUS

The novel follows a constellation of characters whose trajectories intersect across Europe and the Middle East, in a world shaped by war, espionage and extreme technology. The narrative is grounded in the idea that stone is the only record that does not lie, in contrast to official history, so often shaped by the victors. At the center of the work lies the Medusa virus, an experimental biotechnological weapon capable of petrifying human beings, literally turning them into stone. Control over this virus becomes the object of secret struggles between global powers and armed organisations, exposing how technology is transformed into an instrument of domination. In parallel, the narrative follows civilians and professionals: architects, engineers and doctors, confronted with the human consequences of conflict: forced displacement, precarity, psychological trauma and loss. The character Natália Goncharova, a survivor of the war in Ukraine, embodies the devastating impact of armed violence on civilian populations. A further narrative strand of espionage in the Middle East involves the Mossad and Hamas, where Persian and Gazan carpets function as systems of encoded communication, concealing messages within patterns and colours, an ancient form of resistance and transmission of knowledge, largely associated with women's practices. By interweaving science, architecture, material culture and geopolitics, the novel questions who controls truth, how power instrumentalises technology, and how humanity leaves lasting marks on the world. Ultimately, it suggests that when ideologies and narratives fail, only the material traces remain: stone, silent yet inexorably truthful.