“A fantastic saga of the times of stagnation” - this is how Maria Galina herself, winner of many literary awards, defines the genre of the new novel. Incredible events unfold in a small port town in the south of Russia. An oil tanker arrives from distant warm countries, the documents of which contain the mysterious: “Contamination of the third degree by object D-8...” Ordinary Soviet citizens will have to solve the mystery of the cargo. When darkness descends on the city, when the last tram has left for the depot and there is not a soul on the streets , Fear goes on the hunt. Translating human fears into the language of fairy tales, Galina helps get rid of them!