Vol. 4: The Anthropic Principle, Continued

Leningrad, August 1984. The sunset of a great Soviet era.

The author of the bestseller “Red Chains” undertakes an investigation into the mysteries of the universe. A magnificent multi-layered novel about the human choice that shapes the fate of the Earth: what starts out like a detective story turns into science fiction, which reaches the level of religious mysticism.

The tragic death of one of the authoritative figures of the criminal world at first seems like suicide, and the horrifying circumstances of his death are explained as a sudden bout of madness. But the further the investigation goes, the more oddities, paradoxical riddles, and incredible events surface—and the narrative gradually expands from the Big Bang to the present day…