Alexander Ushakov was born in 1945. Graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries. Journalist. The author of novels that have become bestsellers: “Godbrothers”, “Crime Express”, “Thieves’ Zone”. In the novel “Thieves’ Zone”, former police investigator Alexander Baronin, who received the nickname Baron in the criminal world for his unbending character and incorruptibility, boldly enters into confrontation with corrupt authorities and bandits - lawless people. The author devoted many pages to describing the cruel morals that reign behind the barbed wire of the “zone.” “Find my money!” - Thief in law Lars says to investigator Baronin, leaving for the zone where he will have to hold court for thieves among the “sniffs” and “bulls” for three years. The baronin with a powerful grip takes the corrupt power by the throat in the heroin-smelling Dalnegorsk, fights in Finland and burns in the jungles of Thailand... He becomes a “live bait” for the drug mafia of the “Golden Triangle”, where the geometry of lawlessness is omnipotent.