This is a fascinating political detective story, a bizarre mixture of fiction and recognizable reality. The plot is intricately twisted, and at the same time the reader gets the impression that “that’s how it all happened.” On the next anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beslan, which claimed more than 300 lives, Russian President Vladislav Vladislavovich Lukin will speak to schoolchildren in this city. But the security service is categorically against it - information has been received that an assassination attempt is being prepared on the president. Lukin’s place at the event should be taken by his friend and double... A tense, carefully thought-out plot is not the only advantage of “Thirteenth Night”. The novel presents a whole gallery of characters - recognizable characters from Russia at the beginning of the 21st century. There are many lyrical pages in “The Thirteenth Night”, it is no coincidence that the last word in this story is “love”...