Captain Ksenia Rolanovna
Ksenia (Rolanovna) Starikova was born in Petropavlovsk (PK) a city situated on a peninsula of land called Kamchatka between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk—and she knows the land well. Kamchatka, Russia, is a place of endless, rugged beauty, where volcanoes rise like living giants and cold winds sweep across icy plains. People call it the land of fire and ice, which is fitting—but the volcanoes aren't just scenery to her; they are alive, unpredictable, and woven into the identity of everyone who lives beneath them. For decades, Kamchatka’s allure has been its raw adventure— helicopter flights over volcanoes, heli-skiing down untouched slopes, horseback treks, river rafting, salmon fishing, hikes through the Valley of Geysers. That was the Kamchatka she’d grown up with, the one that felt real. But everything changed the moment the mammoths were brought to the Kronotsky Reserve. In 2032, the impossible became real, and suddenly tourists no longer came for the land— they came fo...
