“Blown Silence” – the title of one of the stories in the collection, at the same time characterizes the life that has developed in Russia from the beginning of “perestroika” to the present day. Victor Dyakov's heroes: soldiers and officers, businessmen, workers, pensioners, young and old people, finding themselves in an unusually “exploded” environment, are looking for new guidelines, each in their own way solving issues of survival and preserving personality in an era of change.