The novel “Crash” tells about the growing up of teenage cadets. In the Fortress on the outskirts of Paris, they prepare to recapture the Empire lost by their fathers, but History decides their destinies in its own way. Having found refuge in a villa in Normandy, the novel's heroes observe the face of time, plunged into the chaos of World War II. The book was written in French and published in France. The novel is published in Russian for the first time.