You live for today and do not notice the signs of an impending catastrophe that will destroy not only your usual way of life, but also your entire country. Unexpected and merciless social upheavals, described from the perspective of an ordinary Russian student, forced by circumstances to cross the European part of Russia in the midst of the Great Troubles, are presented so reliably and convincingly that you inevitably begin to shudder when in real news announcers suddenly voice quotes from this novel. Let's hope these events remain fictional. But if, nevertheless, the author’s forecast is confirmed, you will find out what to do, together with the main characters of the novel - a trio of ordinary St. Petersburg guys who won where the whole state retreated. However, victory at the cost of mental health is too high a price, isn’t it?