Anatoly Elsner is one of the most amazing writers of the Silver Age. There were no difficult or taboo topics for him. In the warning novel “The Terrible Idol...”, an outstanding writer for the first time in the history of Russian literature spoke about the danger of totalitarian sects. The history of the Green Paradise settlement, which began as a search for Light, turns into blood and suffering: the leader of the community revels in ecstatic practices, torturers and psychopaths come to power, and soon every adult will have to make a terrible choice...