About the book: 2004 / Sometimes it’s useful to talk with strangers, especially if you have nothing to lose in this life. Therefore, Stepan Ladynin easily accepted the appearance of two aliens on Gogolevsky Boulevard, whatever this meeting was: the last smile of fate or the first sign of manic-depressive psychosis. And if the second determined the only path for Stepan - the eaves of the roof and then a few seconds of delightful flight, then in the first case some options were visible. Which is exactly what happened. He was simply and gracefully recruited into the Galactic Rescue Service, where there was plenty of work for voluntary suicide bombers. And they paid well for it. For example... immortality.