The Return of Cain

1993. Moscow. Observing through the tank's embrasure at the White House, young military academy graduate Kirill Yerashov receives an unexpected order to open fire on the defenders of the Supreme Soviet. Shooting at others, he hits himself; dreaming of the future, he loses the present… .«The Return of Cain» is by no means a biblical legend. The book tells of events that have become quite typical for our country: for the past centuries, internal fratricidal wars in Russia have not ceased. The reasons are clear: «divide and conquer» is an ancient political recipe of all times. So why is it so easy to impose alien thoughts on a person and make them kill? Why do people lose their humanity and reason, and life becomes devalued? Why are our roots being cut, destroying the military elite of Russia? Is it possible to restore the ancestral nest from the fragments of the family? All this will be revealed in the complex story of the fate of the main character — a Russian officer who served the Motherland until the end… . In 1995, the thriller novel «The Return of Cain» was awarded the M. Sholokhov Prize.