The novel “The Doomed City” (1970–1975) is the authors’ only work written without any hope of publication. Without thinking about censorship and in no hurry, the brothers wrote this, their favorite novel, exactly as they wanted. And the result was a gripping narrative of tremendous power about a mysterious City where some sinister and excessively prolonged Experiment is being conducted on all the people. The novel was first published in full in 1989 and at the time was seen as a capacious metaphor for the building of socialism. Today we understand how much deeper it all really is. And the book remains just as fascinating to read!