Save the Great Ring

A popular science-fiction writer, Apollinarii Kurenkovsky, enjoys recognition and, riding on the wave of success, publishes one thrilling action story after another. Readers happily sweep “book fast food” off the shelves, the leader of the fantastic mainstream.

An entrepreneurial streak and sociability, backed by currency, can transform a life. In everyday life, Vasily Kyuratnikov’s became years-old whiskey and the monthly purchase of a fur coat for his young wife… Life from a turbulent stream turned into a calm, wide river—until, in his office, the writer discovered a guest from another world.

What did the visitor need from the famous writer? Can Apollinarii fulfill the request?

Slightly disguised references to successful inter-author cycles of modern Russia will leave neither the fans of book production nor the skeptic-critic indifferent.

For what does the author write books: to convey truth or for earnings?