“Red Bamboo” is a continuation of the “Sea Wolf” cycle—stories set in 1942, when an atomic submarine “Voronezh” is sent back in time. In this world, Victory came in 1944, and the USSR is much stronger—but confrontation with the world of capital is far more irreconcilable. The Vietnam War with U.S. involvement began 11 years earlier—and the USSR is an open ally of communist Vietnam here. Will it be possible to avoid the world sliding into a Third World War?