About the book: 2013 / Following his desires, a person does not think about the consequences. Nikolai has to fully face this, quietly drinking himself to death due to the feeling of his own guilt in the death of his friend; his wife Olga, who buried her talent deeply for the sake of everyday, urgent needs; and Sashka, their son. Sasha, an ordinary teenager, a student at an elite school, constantly faces a situation of moral choice. And one day it turns into a dilemma: life or death.