About the book: 2024 / The novel begins with a real event: In 2015, the Russian FSB awarded a reward for assistance in apprehending criminals involved in an explosion on a plane in Egypt in the amount of 50 million dollars. In 2019, hoping to receive a reward, an armored vehicle tester and a border guard translator assemble a team of adventurers who are ready to launch a daring ambush on the sponsor of a terrorist attack for the sake of loot. This is not an action movie about brave special forces, but a novel about two intellectuals who opposed an insidious drug lord. An intricate plot, risky adventures, criminal showdowns, a dangerous journey, abstruse dialogues, two love stories and sad irony. The names of the characters have been changed and any resemblance to real living or living people is accidental.