About the book: year / The novel takes place in Moscow from 1998 to 2004. Throughout the novel, the life of the main character, Andrei, is shown from 18 to 24 years old. The novel is divided into three parts. This division is conditional. However, the second and third parts tell in more detail about the events related to the protagonist’s communication with people he met online. The novel describes in detail both the modern culture of communication between young people on the Internet, their interests related to this, and various methods of dating - ICQ, chat, blogs. The novel shows the transformation of the hero's personality from a hopeful, extraordinary young man to a self-confident, cynical young man. The main theme of the hero’s spiritual quest: is there love, and if it exists, then why is the percentage of people who are really happy in love, and especially in marriage, so negligible, and so is the hero’s relationship with the other world. The novel is narrated from the perspective of the main character. The author of this novel expresses his deep gratitude to the musicians of the groups “Hobbit Shire”, “Nazgul Band”, “House of the Winds”, “Tintal”, “Rowan Tower”, “Troll Gnet El”, “Orgy of the Righteous” , “Mill”, “Calendar”, “Heather Honey”, “Exit” and “Umka and Bronevichok”. Without your music, this book would never have been written. The events described in the novel, as well as names, surnames and online pseudonyms are the author's invention. The author of this book urges the reader to consider any similarities with real events, names and online pseudonyms as accidental. And he asks for forgiveness in advance from those who take these coincidences personally.