Attention to “well-wishers”: the EPUB file is required for the correct operation of indexes and special fonts. Do not transfer the book to FB2 - you will cripple it. Text in EPUB, PDF, Mobi and so on formats - free on the distributor's website: In MP3 audio format (narrator Martianin73) for free: Genres. It's all about choosing a genre! What do we have? "Cool detective." "Combat space science fiction." “Cool post-core.” "Zombie apocalypse, combat fantasy." "Fantasy". "Combat Fantasy" And even with this twist: “Cool post-nuclear combat magical fantasy.” This is when Major Ferrelli kills the good goblins with an annihilation torpedo, and the surviving residents of Houston, wearing gas masks, rush through the smoking radioactive ruins to finish off zombies, mutants and evil ninja turtles. They finish off with magic spells and crossbow arrows. Silver plated, of course. Literary genres have their own laws. I don't know them well. The English Literature teacher suffered from me for three whole years, but never instilled any special love for Shakespeare. I don't care about Shakespeare! But by profession I am an oil worker, and my laws are oil laws. There is such a thing: Young's modulus. And then: the limit of plasticity. For you, lovers of “cool post-nuclear combat magical fantasy,” let me explain in a literary way. If you load the drill pipes above this limit, sooner or later the pipe will break and hit you on the head so that the bloody fragments of your “protective” helmet will come out of your “protective” boots... You see: I’m already creating a “Techno-thriller”! You can cast magic spells, or pray to the Drill Pipe God, or stroke your favorite assault rifle. It stings anyway. The Flying Drill Pipe simply has to gasp because it respects the laws. Laws of physics, you know. And my genre is... “Not-quite-alternative history”! You like? I don’t guarantee annihilation torpedoes, but there will be plenty of combinations in Space-Time. What am I talking about? Ah, well, these are the laws of physics. There is such a Law of Conservation of Energy, also known as the First Law of Thermodynamics. You taught at school a long time ago - have you forgotten? Haven't you heard? In vain. Because this Law is already playing a cruel, cruel joke on the inhabitants of planet Earth, including you, Dear Reader. Compared to which the Flying Drill Pipe from the previous paragraph is an innocent childish prank. Are you intrigued by what kind of Law this is? Why does it stink? Who is he pining for? Read the novel. English text © Copyright Mike McKay 2014-2016. Russian translation text © Copyright Mikhail Yakimov 2016.