About the book: 2004 / Moscow, XXII century. Dry and clean, united, endangered world. Moderate political correctness, at the forefront of the rule: “Live yourself and don’t interfere with others’ lives.” No ideas, no misconceptions. Forced procreation, possibly silent cloning. In general, no one needs anything. The main character Natasha Danilova, captain-operative of the Seventh Special Department, hates “rats,” as asocial elements are usually called. Moreover, the “rats” of the new generation are by no means harmless homeless people, but a new race of people, mutants endowed with superpowers, but completely immune to human culture, which they do not need. Humanity, without knowing it, finds itself under the threat of death: neither a raid nor a dense cordon around the city will stop the “rats.” And then the Pied Piper comes...