A Boy's Honor

He couldn’t stand aside, because he understood what it means to be a real «bad kid». Andrey Shefer, nicknamed Sheriff, returns home after serving in the airborne forces. It’s the end of the eighties—life in the country has been turned upside down. In Kazan, «bad-kid» wars rage. The city’s territory is divided into parts, and in each of them rules its own gang, led by the «top guy.» Friends suggest that Andrey join their group. But he doesn’t rush to accept the offer—he plans to finish his studies at the institute first.

On the eve of his exams, Andrey meets a beauty, Gulnur. They begin a serious relationship, make shared plans. But everything collapses in an instant at a dance evening at a local club: a brutal fight, an armed police unit, shooting—blood spilled by accident… After that, Sheriff is as if replaced. He agrees to lead the most notorious gang in the city and declares war to all his enemies at once…

«The novel was written not just by someone who remembers those events in the smallest detail. The author, like a true connoisseur of the human soul, makes the reader empathize with the most terrible showdown at the turning point of an era—when a person fights with himself…» — Sergey ZVEREV, author of action novels.