Dejstvie novogo romana V. Lichutina nachinaetsya v 1970-ch godach i dochodit do 2000 goda. Geroi romana, chudozhniki i pisateli, iskrenne boleyushhie za sud′bu Rossii, posvyashhayut ej trudy svoi i dni. Sobytiya proischodyat v gorode N, no tochno takie zhe sobytiya, perezhivaniya i zloklyucheniya, navernoe, neizbezhno sluchilis′ s kazhdym iz nas v lyubom ugolke Rossii v eti zloschastnye gody krusheniya SSSR. Sovetskij Soyuz ruchnul i vnov′ podtverdilas′ evangel′skaya zapoved′: Vsyakoe carstvie, razdelivsheesya v sebe, ne ustoit. Bog-to vrode by vezde i povsyudu, no On nachodit tebya lish′ togda, kogda otversta dlya Nego grud′ i est′ kuda Emu pomestit′sya. Kogda On neobchodim i bez Nego uzhe nevozmozhno zhit′