Execution! In the USSR, capital punishment was applied not only for murder, but also for many other particularly serious crimes. According to statistics, about 700,000 people were executed between 1917 and 1996. But not everyone’s sentence was carried out. The state needed many famous scientists, academicians, and just young, healthy people to work at top-secret military facilities. Mourned by relatives and friends as executed, they secretly remained to live and serve their homeland. The older generation probably remembers the so-called “mines”. But were these mines? The hero of my novel miraculously managed to survive and get out of this hell. Twelve years of hard work in absolutely complete isolation from the whole world did not break him. He not only escaped, but was also able to start life “from scratch.” You ask, where is the fantasy here? This, dear friends, I am happy to leave to you to decide. Whether she is present here or not, you will understand after reading the novel to the end.