“Shepherd. Light in the Darkness” is a literary work that tells about the life and martyrdom of Archpriest Aleksandr Men, one of the brightest and most controversial Orthodox priests of the past century. The book is an extensive biography that reveals the hero’s inner transformation, his resistance to the system, his relationships with the KGB authorities, church leadership, and dissidents, as well as describing his final days, which ended in a tragic death in 1990 from a blow with an axe. This epic narrative, filled with emotional and philosophical depth, is based on the author’s personal memories (the son of the Archpriest), archival materials, testimonies of eyewitnesses, letters, and various sources. The work touches on eternal themes of conscience, faith, freedom, and forgiveness. It will be interesting to fans of intellectual and spiritual literature, Orthodox believers, people interested in the history of the Church and the USSR, as well as young people looking for moral guidance and answers to eternal questions—and to everyone who wants to learn the truth about the fates of brave people.