About the book: 2003 / The third part of the famous epic. This is an exciting love saga with elements of erotica and detective fiction. Already today, critics are comparing S. Malkov’s new novel with the best examples of Russian epic prose. The main advantage of the book is a clear arrangement of moral principles. A subtle psychologist, the author does not try to shield the “bad” heroes, giving them negative charm and endowing them with a suffering soul, just as he does not add unnecessary unattractive traits to the positive heroes. Black is black, and white is white, and we should not forget that mixing these colors gives an unsightly grayness. The very title of the epic, “Two Fates,” can be interpreted, rather, not as private biographies, but as two paths that people choose for themselves People. The difficult path of honesty, love, loyalty to ideals, or the convenient path of lies and selfishness. This choice faces each of us, and no matter how hard you try to deceive fate, the truth will triumph. And this is what we all need.