About the book: 2014 / A new work by an author already known to the reader, who has a distinctive talent - creating a plot, unpredictably shuffling events known and unknown to the reader, creating an unusual narrative that not only captivates, but opens up such pages of the country’s history that were not known even to those who lived during the USSR, and not only to modern citizens of the state. Immersion in another world is truly real, because it is not invented, the book is based on real historical and true facts and is written on the basis of real, genuine knowledge of the subject, which can be acquired not by studying literature, but by being inside the described reality. The events affect not only Afghanistan, as the homeland of the protagonist, but also a lot of states that are in one way or another connected with this long-suffering country - Russia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Italy, France, Cyprus. Moussa is a legendary man, he looks like an image from folk tales, created as the personification of a fighter for justice and happiness, but this is not a symbol at all, he is a living, feeling and thinking person. All the vicissitudes of his complex and tragic fate are very vital and real for the reader. His life and struggle is not only a life-long, deadly adventure, but a true example of focus on a goal, a sober analytical mind, compassion, the desire to sacrifice himself for friends and ordinary people who require protection and attention - he is truly a folk hero. The boy, the crown prince of Afghanistan, having lost his relatives and not having the opportunity to declare his rights, under a false name and regardless of his desires, becomes a cadet in a special Soviet unit in Afghanistan, preparing special strategic military personnel for the future republic. A Soviet officer, similar to the famous comrade Sukhov, becomes his friend and mentor; Hakim-Moussa will carry his fatherly care through many years. Having become a highly qualified specialist, he builds his life step by step, taking revenge and fighting, but without transgressing internal moral laws. It is not by chance and naturally that he performs his Hajj - a sacred rite of his entire life. Then, during the period of stagnation, little was known about Afghanistan, and they still don’t know much. Here is all the background and subtleties of the struggle for power within the mysterious Muslim country. A terrible war that claimed a huge number of lives, the arms trade and opium fields, the struggle for power, Saudi oil, suffering, touching but hopeless love and death waiting everywhere. This book is not just some kind of political detective story, it is puzzles from an encyclopedia of a life that is known to a very small number of knowledgeable people. A huge number of characters and characters - from state leaders to the simplest people - appear before the reader, but they all occupy their integral place in the narrative, and each is a separate hard-fought fate, written out accurately and authentically, with the details that a real person can know. eyewitness.