About the book: 1991 / Year 2024. A guy named Vic and his faithful friend, the intelligent telepathic dog Blood, scour the burnt land in search of food and, if you're lucky, women. The dog is intellectually superior to his companion, and is essentially his educator. And deep underground, in a huge shelter, live respectable Americans who have preserved the patriarchal way of life, but are experiencing a shortage of fresh genes and hormones. Vik has great happiness - to get into this "paradise"".