About the book: year / He took a long cigar from the box lying next to him. He turned it over in his hand and placed it on the control panel in front of him. I thought about the meaning of my trip. The gray-white ribbon of the highway quickly and silently disappeared under the hood of the convertible. He turned on the radio. The auto search system picked up the first radio station it came across. They broadcast a review of the events of the past week. “... Analysts agree that the commercial war between the “Eastern Syndicate” and the “Slavic Triumvirate” is in a critical phase, close to the level of gang warfare of the mid-twentieth century. The confrontation between financial representatives of the Near and Middle East and the capital of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus threatens to develop into direct active actions. Using combat missiles...” The desert traveler chuckled. He knew well what we were talking about. Combat missiles? This is a completed stage. A speed limit sign has appeared on the road. The convertible began to slow down. Soon we had to slow down again. The glow of a metropolis blazed on the horizon.