About the book: year / Somewhere near the equator in the northern hemisphere there is a dream city! Many people live there, the bright sun shines there, everyone smiles at each other and asks: “How are you?” And everyone, of course, answers that it’s good. If you believe in this, then go somewhere north... And look for your fairy-tale city there. Because here, in the south, serious things are going on, there are serious showdowns, and people smile only when looking at the corpses of their enemies. Altarnoye is not a fairy-tale city on a hill! It's a gritty Neolithic metropolis populated by idiots in white tights, each of whom thinks he's a hero. And people don’t come here to get a happy life. People come here because they just want to live. But this is home! And whoever comes here not to live, but to rob, will himself be robbed. Perhaps even twice. Serious people live here!