One single book unexpectedly united a French priest of the 18th century, a German officer and a Russian soldier during the Second World War, and Moscow and St. Petersburg students of the early 21st century. This book was stolen, lost and found, thefts and murders were committed because of it, until it fell into the hands of the one she was looking for. “The Runaway Book” stands at the crossroads of genres: it has a little bit of science fiction and a detective-adventure novel, and in some places there are lively sketches of modern life.

“..."The Runaway Book" is one thing from rare works in our science fiction, on the pages of which you can not only learn about the adventures of the heroes, about their mental struggles and life troubles, but also get some very interesting information of a general cultural nature. For example, get acquainted with the motives (quite sound, by the way), which at one time forced the official Church to condemn the translation of the Book into Breton. In addition, the author has a good understanding of the life of the Moscow “keltanut” party - in fact, representatives of this subculture should become the main readers of the “Fugitive Book” ... "(Vasily Vladimirsky)