Viktor Konetsky (1929-2002) - Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, sea captain. The author of more than fifty literary works published not only in Russia but also abroad.The main work of the writer is a novel-wandering in eight books "FOR THE GOOD HOPE" (1969-2000). Some of its parts were included in the book "Sea Stories".The main background of the works of Viktor Konetsky was the sea, it was also an integral part of his whole life. But he wrote first of all about the soul of man in his journey through the ocean of being. In a confidential and confessional conversation between Viktor Konetsky and the reader, there is always a place for humor, sadness, and hope for salvation in a rapidly changing world. Perhaps that is why his works for more than half a century have not left indifferent several generations of readers and do not let them forget that Russia is a great ocean power.