About the book: 1988 / The stories and novels included in this edition are diverse. From them, the reader learns about the creation of biological weapons and the assassination attempt on the head of state, about a mysterious crime in the Russian Empire and the fate of a veteran of the Vietnam adventure. The action-packed works of Soviet and foreign authors in the collection are united by the idea of ​​exposing the cult of violence in bourgeois society. Leonid Yuzefovich’s story “The Situation in the Balkans” tells about the latest case of detective Ivan Putilin.