About the book: 1980 / Vyacheslav Gorbachev’s novel is dedicated to working people, representatives of one of the most interesting professions of our days. The author talks about hydraulic builders building a power plant in the harsh conditions of the Siberian Arctic, in the permafrost zone. The romance of the region does not blind the writer to real difficulties. The characters in the novel are complex: the construction manager Gatilin, the young scientist and engineer Basov, the cook Pochivalina, the driver and excavator operator Borodulin, the party organizer of the construction site Alimushkin and others. The heroes of the novel strive for active self-affirmation in life. They fight for happiness, the ideal of which is ambiguous and depends on the moral position that each of them chooses.