Kostya Zhmurkin is a man of the rarest gift, the presence of which he himself, as is usually the case, is not even aware of. Any person or thing that becomes the object of the ill-fated Kostya’s affections is doomed to complete and inevitable collapse, no matter how successful and invulnerable he may seem. Under the influence of this terrible and completely uncontrollable gift, ideas and people perish, ultra-reliable technology fails, and a mighty superpower falls apart. There is no end to all Kostya’s misfortunes, just as there is no way to defuse the “bomb” planted in him. Against the background of this tragic hopelessness, all the adversities that have visited us and our country in recent years seem pitiful and insignificant. Read the witty and surprisingly timely novel by Yuri Brider and Nikolai Chadovich, and much that was recently secret and incredible to you will become simple and understandable.