"Would you like a vacation in another universe? Too expensive? Well, what about a business trip at the state's expense? Round-trip ticket, all inclusive? That's what I thought.
Mr. Panin, Roman Vladimirovich, an officer of the state security service of the Russian Federation, looked around. By a scientific genius and a chain of circumstances, he had been transferred into a duplicate universe — or perhaps he himself was now the duplicate, while the real Roman Vladimirovich floated somewhere in a vacuum, breathing virtual oxygen..."