Thanks to the restored monarchical system, the new Empire has overcome economic and social crises. True, the first popularly elected emperor died under strange circumstances, and the new one has not yet been elected. But there is the Regent and his officials, leading the people of the Empire to prosperity. In order for the mechanism of a public machine to rotate without a creak, it is necessary to get rid of the garbage that gets inside in time. And the power is faced with the question: are not those who can not be called full members of society - terminally ill and street children, disabled, lonely pensioners? Shouldn't they be removed from the mechanism for the sake of progress and the benefit of socially full citizens of the Empire? . But not everyone agrees with the government’s view. About their struggle against the monstrous project tells a new novel classic of Russian fiction, winner of many literary awards Vladislav Krapivin, whose works for more than fifty years do not leave indifferent readers of all ages.