Denis Gutsko is a prose writer, author of the books “Russian-Speaking” (RUSSIAN BOOKER Award), “Pokemon Day”, “House in Armageddon”. If his first novels were about young people who learn to live without losing themselves, now the writer is interested in a mature person who has achieved a lot and lost a lot. The main character of the novel “Beta Male” Alexander Topilin is quite happy with life. He is forty years old, unmarried and lives without obligations. He is a co-owner of a profitable business, his friend and partner Anton Litvinov is the son of a minister. Everything is captured, all doors are open. Topilin agrees to remain on the sidelines, to play by someone else’s rules. He is a classic beta male. One day Litvinov knocks down a man to death, and Topilin “settles the formalities.” These are events that are not his life, but right now he can change everything. You just need to try to play as number one...