“Not a Villain” is a science-fiction novel by Sergey Plotnikov, the fourth book of the cycle “Rider,” genre: isekai/pop-in, urban fantasy, social science fiction.
To carry out the plan of his deceased lover, Yaroslav Kuznetsov—also known as Alan Smith—completed high school via external studies, entered a multi-college, began inventing, hooked up with super-heroes, and got involved in American domestic politics. But all of this was not enough and didn’t bring the moment of Zeta’s return any closer. Something more was needed—to obtain access within reasonable time frames to engineering software and tools for creating a new central processor for a synth. And it’s also crucial to finally find out how Mr. and Mrs. Smith achieved such a result by experimenting on their own child.