Evgeny Voiskunsky is one of the oldest writers in Russia, his name is well known to readers. Fantastic novels and stories by E. Voiskunsky and his co-author I. Lukodyanov - “The Crew of the Mekong”, “Very Distant Tartessus”, “Illegal Planet”, etc. - left a bright mark on the literature of the 60s and 70s of the last century .In the 80s, Evgeniy Voiskunsky said goodbye to science fiction. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, a former naval sailor, he returns to his combat youth in the novels “Kronstadt” and “It’s a Small World.” These books about the war in the Baltic, about famine and about love are a kind of group portrait of a generation knocked out by the war. The difficult destinies of this generation are reflected in the novels “Rumyantsevsky Square” and “Girls’ Dreams,” nominated for the Booker Prize. The author was lucky to survive the war, and he seems to be conducting a dialogue with his own destiny in the memoir novel “Half a Century of Love.” Here are the Baku school youth, and the famous defense of the Hanko Peninsula, the blockade days and nights of Kronstadt. Here is half a century of love with a girl to whom he confessed his love at the school prom...Despite his advanced years, the writer continues to work on a new novel. Part of this novel - the story “Kronstadt Ice” - is offered to readers of this publication.