Nine wholesome University students mountaineering in the Urals go missing, and are later uncovered from the snows of a bleak forest’s edge in the Siberian Taiga, in a series of grisly discoveries. Why were the climbers wearing no boots? Why were stout branches of the forest pines singed to a height of thirty feet? What were the mysterious markings in the bark of nearby trees? What was so-called “overwhelming force†that was capable of breaking eight ribs in a single blow without bruises? Why the KGB infiltrated all the search parties and attended the funerals? Why the clothes were tested for radiation? The authoritative book - by international author and investigative journalist: Svetlana Oss who has been the leading commentator of this profound mystery since Moscow Times first initiated her 2007-2008 investigation. This particular version of the book contains full autopsy reports (for the first time in English) The autopsy reports is a part of the official criminal case that naturally makes painful reading. But they are of great interest despite all the criticism the coroner received in later years. Translation from Russian into English by Svetlana Oss.