The novel “The Hourglass of the Arena” is the finale of the tetralogy, which consists of the novels: “Heart in Sawdust”, “The Last Horse”, “Under the Dome of Heaven”. In the new book, the author moves the action to today. It tells the story of the lives of three young people: circus performers from Russia Pavel Zharkikh, Viktor Rogozhin and Italian dancer Valentina Vitorelli. Readers will also meet the former heroes of the novels - Venka Groshev, Svetlana Ivanova and the once brilliant aerialist Valentina, and now Mother Serafima. Pashka Zharkikh learns new details about the life and death of his father Pavel Zharkikh Sr. A former circus pilot, one of the “Angels”, and now an Arbat artist, whom life has severely tested to the breaking point, will tell him about this... The book contains an endless series of events, sometimes dramatic. There is also a lot of humor, which balances the narrative, making it voluminous and dynamic. The author writes vividly, visibly, as if watching an exciting movie. Readers will plunge into the everyday life of the novel's heroes on a cruise ship. They find out what they feel, what they dream about. What they look like in the circus arena, on the stage of a giant ocean ship, and even in a fight with bandits. Readers will come into contact with the unknown secrets of the amazing and mysterious world of the Bermuda Triangle. The main idea of the author of these novels was an attempt to answer for himself and the readers the question that was asked back in first book: who are circus people? What are they?..Whether the author succeeded in this is up to you to decide...