On the pages of the novel “Charisma,” you can meet aliens and signs of the devil, deranged scientists and military politicians, talking dogs and bare-breasted beauties with swords… However, no matter how deceptive the trappings may be, Kaganov’s prose cannot be classified as traditional science-fiction genres such as fantasy or space opera. No wonder that Kaganov considers Victor Pelevin his teacher—besides Strugatskys and Lukyanenko. The audio book contains profanity!