About the book: 2004 / There is a world as people see it - a flat earth, an artificial sky, stars nailed to it. And next to it, as in the myths of antiquity, there is a world of gods. The gods are selfish, careerists and intriguers, they are at odds with each other and despise the people they deceive, from whom they suck the energy that comes from faith, sacrifices and prayers. This energy gives the gods the power to perform miracles. Thousands of years ago, the gods united against one of their equals and expelled him from paradise. But now an incredible coincidence of circumstances frees the forgotten prisoner of the Abyss, and he, having found an assistant among thinking people, secretly returns to take revenge on his all-powerful enemies. And at the same time - to return to the mortal world the true reality it had lost..