V. Grinkov is the author of a stunning series of books about real television kings and about the mafia clan struggle hidden behind the blue screen for the right to undivided power over the hearts and souls of people “The King and the Evil Hunchback” is a novel from this series. It’s no secret that today more and more TV presenters, journalists, producers are killed. Earlier, in the era of the October Revolution, they took a bank, a telephone, a telegraph. It's a different time now. Information and the ability to manage it are the most important wealth. Whoever has power over television has real power in the country. And those who commit high-profile murders know what they are fighting for. They will kill until they finally divide the airwaves, influence and cash flows among themselves.