The world we live in is cruel and unfair. So how can you remain human in this world without losing yourself and love for your neighbors? What is more important: revenge for a murdered friend, continuing a series of cruelty, or life in the name of good? Resentment that gives rise to anger, or an opportunity to make your world a better place? Is it worth endlessly cursing the darkness without even trying to light a candle? The heroes of Sergei Kubrin's works strive to find answers to these and other vital questions, finding hope and gradually changing their world.