In this subtle psychological novel with a complex plot, the author attempts to look into the inner world of very different heroes: likable and kind, disgusting and pitiable. What drives people’s actions: the established algorithm of their existence, or the differences in their moral landmarks? Trying to find an answer to these key questions, Anatoly Postolov often allies himself with music, and music, penetrating into the hidden places, truly helps a person know themselves. In the past, a journalist in the Arctic city of Norilsk, Anatoly Postolov now lives in America. He is a businessman working in the field of innovative entrepreneurship, but he is also a poet and bard, a sculptor and engraver.