Leszek Celer

A sweltering summer. A man's corpse on the river bank. The case ends up on the desk of an experienced and successful police Inspector and his young deputy. Little do they know that the consequences of their investigation will reach far beyond what they had dealt with in their careers so far.

"Following Empty Spaces" is a startling look on the helplessness of the world; the uselessness of its defensive mechanisms in confrontation with patient, meticulous and remorseless evil. The good has rarely been more outmatched.

(...)We begin our race with it the moment we are born. At first we are favoured and we make a quick start, without thinking twice. It is hard to believe how much strength and determination there is in a newborn baby. And right away we start heading for the inevitable, for our destination, without any chance to avoid our common end. I am not sure if you understand me. Death does not have to rush, she knows that eventually we must meet her embrace, but she will never give up on an opportunity to enable it to happen as soon as possible. She takes short cuts. I am such a short cut.(...)