About the book: 1998 / Books by the famous Don writer “The Shining of the Snow”, “Deep Fords”, “Why the Bell’s Tongue was Torn Out”, “The Red Veil”, etc. , published by “Young Guard” and “Rostizdat”, formed the basis of a new collection by Vladimir Konyukhov. The difficult, sometimes tragic fates of the heroes of his works are the painful moral quest of the Man of our long-suffering Earth... The action-packed story “Curfew” (about the Novocherkassk tragedy of 1962) this time presented in full. A number of the author’s works are published for the first time. For a wide range of readers.