About the book: 2017 / The people around him cannot re-educate an inveterate cynic and an egoist. Neither cheerful friends, nor wise mentors, nor a woman in love. But life itself will be able to cope with this task - if it sets itself such a goal. And if in the end he survives, then, quite possibly, he will be capable of real action. For example, to voluntarily take responsibility for an entire people, to protect those in need of help. And even fall in love…