Ayn Rand (1905–1982) is our compatriot, who became the largest American writer read by the whole world. Her books are admired, discussed, worshiped... Ayn Rand's most famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, was second only to the Bible in sales in America! The main thing in the book is the principle of free will, rationality and “the morality of rational selfishness.” It is said that during the Vietnam War, Ayn Rand’s texts were dropped from helicopters as propaganda. Once upon a time, Ronald Reagan himself knelt before Rand, recognizing her great talent. In 2005, the 35th reprint of the book was published in the United States. This book is beyond literary categories. Serious literature lives for a very long time, bestsellers are short-lived. But “Atlas Shrugged” is exactly the bestseller that will remain for centuries! In the first volume, readers meet the main characters, brilliant entrepreneurs, who are opposed by their antipodes - mediocre government officials. The narrative begins with the question: “Who is John Galt?” - and the heroes of the novel and its readers will look for an answer to this question.