About the book: 1980 / O. E. Kirillov is the author of the novels "Difficult Years" and "Flashes". The writer’s new book, a continuation of the novel “Flashes,” is dedicated to people who are absorbed in caring for the earth and preserving its wealth. The center of the novel is the relationship between the director of the mining plant, Doroshin, and the secretary of the district committee, Rokotov. These are complex human characters, talented people who are completely passionate about their work. Doroshin, devoting all his strength and knowledge to the plant, is designing the commissioning of a new quarry, which will require many hectares of black earth soil. Rokotov is an irreconcilable opponent of such a waste of precious black soil. This struggle convincingly and vividly reveals the remarkable characters of the main characters of the novel.