The story “Plato’s Stars” is the first of the new Afghan cycle “Metastases of Afghanistan”. The events of a war that is incomprehensible to many are described in simple and understandable language. About former schoolchildren and vocational school students who picked up AK, AKM, AKS, PKS, PKM, SVD... I get wild when I hear: “Well, what do you want from a child? The boy is only 22 years old!” The hero of the story, Guard Sergeant Major Leonid Anatolyevich Platonov, was awarded two Orders of the Red Star and a medal “For Courage” for his courage, bravery and heroism. Wounded three times. At 19 years old!!! The main characters are not fictional. The story is written based on real events.