"In a quiet pool, devils reside" — life confirms the truth of this saying once again. 1990. The shy guy, Philip Vycherov, lost his grandfather, and in the empty village house, there remained a large moonshine still with a rectification unit, steam boiler, distiller, and condenser — everything was working reliably. Philip, along with his friends, plunged into a lucrative and extremely dangerous business of producing illegal vodka. The wild money quickly went to their heads, and the timid guy transformed before their eyes into a greedy and ruthless entrepreneur. First, he eliminates two accomplices to avoid sharing the profits. Then he betrays his closest friend Erik, who ends up in pretrial detention and receives a hefty sentence. When Erik is released, he is met by a completely different country, with a different economy, different orders, and laws. The only unchanged thing is the former friend — still as ruthless, leaving behind bloody traces…
"The works of Vladimir Bogdanov are a heart-wrenching nostalgia, an extremely bright and vivid world of youth, where everything is at its maximum: feelings, loyalty, oaths, and fights… It’s simply amazing how important the concepts of Honor, Friendship, and Love were to us once. The book tears the soul with its straightforwardness and sincerity, and at the same time, it heals…" — Alexey MAKEEV, writer, co-author of detective novels about the investigator Gurov. The author of the novel, Vladimir Bogdanov, whose youth coincided with the years of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the destruction of morals and ethics, values, and life ideals, went through dramatic trials in a youth gang, where he experienced both friendship and betrayal, loyalty to his word, and love.
