The new story of the famous Orthodox writer Stanislav Senkin is based on the diaries of a real-life person, now a monk, named Andrei and takes place in St. Petersburg in the infamous "dashing nineties". Being the son of a priest, Andrei, having rejected the faith of his fathers, became a bandit and a drug addict. Through painful experiences and a new acquisition of faith, Andrei returned to the light of Orthodoxy, leaving the darkness of heroin addiction and crime. The story permeates subtle psychologism and the Christian spirit of forgiveness. It will be of interest to readers of any religion.