The mind is always ready to fall into a nightmare that gives birth to monsters. And this dream comes true in Vladimir Shpakov’s novel “Prisoners of the Amalgam”. The main character of the work is His Majesty Madness, presented in a variety of guises. Madness touches every character with its wing; He places a mirror in front of everyone, where mutilated and twisted souls are reflected. The metamorphoses that these souls undergo are unusual, fantastic, they break out of the framework of everyday life and usual logic. And at the same time they say something important about us, sensible representatives of the human race...