For the first time in Russian – a new novel by E.-E. Schmitt's "Night of Fire" At the age of twenty-eight, Schmitt undertook a hiking trip through the Sahara Desert. He went there as an atheist, and ten days later he returned as a deeply religious man. Far from his usual surroundings, the writer and playwright discovered a simple life and struck up friendships with the Tuaregs. And then he got lost in the vastness of Ahaggar. For thirty hours he did not eat or drink anything; he did not understand where he was and whether they would be able to find him. And the night spent under the stars opened up a new spiritual path for him. She changed him forever. But what happened that night? What did he hear? What made such a sharp, indelible impression on this agnostic philosopher? In his new book “Night of Fire,” the writer talks about both an adventure-filled journey and a path deep into his own self. For the first time E.-E. Schmitt reveals to us his inner world, showing how the seemingly firmly established life of a person and a writer, his views can change dramatically in an instant.