The modern world is replete with billions of opportunities, crowded product shelves, and a rich life. It would seem, what else does a person need? Isn't this the happiest era yet? However, people suffer, and in ever more sophisticated ways. The heroes of Evgeniy Kript’s detective-fiction novel “Show Weakness” are tormented by nightmares. They all belong to different peoples, cultures and social strata, but they are united by the struggle against horror, a struggle in which they are losing. What is it - mental disorders, a mark of the era or the slightly open edges of dark worlds? The reader will find answers to these questions in this book.