About the book: 2021 / My tormentors needed a flash drive with incriminating evidence that disappeared, not without my help, from the safe of a local mafioso nicknamed Bes. My lover disappeared along with her, but here I am sitting on the concrete floor in some basement and thinking that it would be better if they killed me than fall into the hands of the Demon. I clearly understood: he would never let me go. My thoughts were interrupted by the noise of gunfire. When they finally died down and I heard a commotion near the door, I prayed that it was Boris. However, my prayers were not answered. The door gave way, and I saw Bes with a machine gun at the ready. The ground disappeared from under my feet, and I slowly slid down the wall.