four novels by marc levy became the basis of feature films and television series. more about mark's attitude to the war in ukraine, the genocide of ukrainians and cultural influence, below in the direct language of the author. first of all i want to thank you for taking the time to do this interview. thank you. what kind of feedback do you get? there are many reviews. in fact , i would say that 90% of them are in a state of shock, because these readers had no idea what was going on, that is, about the abduction of children, they were affected by this book, they were frightened by what they read. also, sometimes readers write about great relief, thanks to the fact that they learned more about what really happens with the abductions. please tell us about your heroes, do they have prototypes in real life? no, no, i've read many stories, it took four months to process documents and create characters, i thoroughly studied this topic, saw many reports, read hundreds of pages of testimony, listened to a lot. i was quite lucky because a yale study on abducted children had