It was not for nothing that the USSR aviation anthem sang “a fiery engine instead of a heart” - the victories of any air force depend not only on the genius of aircraft designers and the combat training of pilots, but also on the level of engine engineering. It was the lag in this industry that predetermined the failures and huge losses of the “Stalinist falcons” at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Soviet engine engineers managed to “catch up and overtake” the West only in the 1960s. And the leading role in this “war of aircraft engines” was played by Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyulka, the creator of the first domestic turbojet engine and “fiery hearts” for the aircraft of Sukhoi, Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Tupolev, Beriev. And the pinnacle of his creativity was the unique engine for the Su-27 heavy fighter, which set many world records for speed, altitude, range, super-maneuverability and super-reliability. This book is the first biography of an aviation genius, whose aviation masterpieces to this day ensure the defense of the Motherland.