For the first time in Russian - a new thriller from the author of the intellectual bestsellers “Conspiracy of Papers”, “Corruption Fair”, “Coffee Merchant”. And for the first time for Liss - not on historical, but on modern material. Lem Altik discovers an unexpected talent as an encyclopedia seller. He hates this activity, but he has no other way to earn money for college. Everything changes when a married couple, whom he spent several hours talking into buying another encyclopedia, turns out to be mercilessly murdered before his eyes - right in their shabby trailer, in the midst of the Florida heat. And the killer makes Lem an offer that is impossible to refuse: either the young man keeps his mouth shut, or the murder charge will fall on him. As a result, Lem is forced to flee not only from a charismatic killer with his mysterious program, but also from the local drug mafia, from the corrupt police, from his own superiors and from the evil gopniks, they are also colleagues on the traveling sales team...