'Fox Fords' is a new novel by Anna Starobinets, a mystical adventure thriller about a cursed place lost on the Russian-Manchurian border, where Chinese werefoxes meet Soviet officers, and escaped convicts meet a Taoist who holds the secret of immortality. It's a gripping and terrifying journey into the heart of darkness, where everyone finds what they deserve: some find love, others death, and absolutely everyone finds their one true destiny, predestined by either God or the devil.