About the book: 2024 / THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT BOYS WHO WERE READY TO DIE TO BE LOYAL TO THEIR OATH. A great country is living out its last years. Teenagers, having instantly lost their previous goals and meaning in life, flock into flocks, where together they look for new entertainment: alcohol, “dope”, fights... Guys with character frantically pump their muscles, shave their heads, and then comb the markets and extort money. The number of gangs is growing rapidly, and soon the boys feel crowded in the huge metropolis. Kesha is only fifteen, and recently he has been living with his mother and stepfather in Lyubertsy. The guy’s character is strong-willed and reckless; he got used to a harsh life in the orphanage, where his mother sent him after birth. At the new school, he quickly became friends with the “Lubers” and fit into one of the sports groups... The author of the novel, Vladimir Bogdanov, whose youth and adolescence occurred during the years of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the collapse of morals and customs, values ​​and life ideals, went through dramatic trials in a youth group , where I learned friendship, betrayal, loyalty to the word, and love.