In the hypertrophied puritanical world of the twenty-third century, someone launches an online game in which cruelty, murder, and even sex with a random partner are allowed. That is, everything that is strictly prohibited in the realities of the wonderful world of the future. Of course, such a project is endorsed “at the very top,” but it is prepared by unknown clerks, whose real goals may differ greatly from those officially stated.

Author’s notes: The attentive reader will, of course, see in the book a parody of Soviet officialdom, but virtual adventures and real conspiracy take place in a fictional world. The characters in the book also have no real prototypes.