Leonid Danil′chyk – tse nove potuzhne im’ya sered strokatoho landshaftu suchasnoyi ukrayins′koyi prozy, a yoho roman «Krach blakytnoyi imperiyi» nadilenyy tym osoblyvym svizhym holosom, yakoho inkoly tak brakuye v opovidyach pro nashu naynovishu istoriyu. Rizkyy, vidvertyy, razyuchyy, inkoly zhorstokyy, tsey roman use zh spovnenyy optymizmu schodo nashoho maybutn′oho i finalu borot′by z davnim vorohom. TSe al′ternatyvna istoriya zi znachnymy alyuziyamy na s′ohodennya, syuzhet yakoyi rozhortayet′sya na tli vyzvol′noyi borot′by Bat′kivschyny proty Spil′nonarodnoyi YEvraziys′koyi Federatsiyi. SCHoyno zdobuvshy nezalezhnist′, moloda derzhava postaye pered zahrozoyu novoho ponevolennya i balansuye mizh zberezhennyam demokratychnych tsinnostey ta efektyvnym oporom zaharbnykovi, scho vymahaye nechtuvannya svobodamy ta pereynyattya vid ahresora yoho totalitarnoho ustroyu. Usi podiyi romanu zav’yazuyut′sya na dolyach tr′och heroyiv, chyyi shlyachy postiyno pereplitayut′sya u neskinchennomu kolovoroti buremnych chasiv, poznachenych revolyutsiyamy ta viynamy. Neschozhi za svitohlyadamy, vony vse odno prahnut′ odniyeyi mety – vil′noyi Vitchyzny. Stara imperiya ruynuyet′sya, i kriz′ utrambovanu represiyamy asfal′tnu sirist′ probyvayut′sya pershi parostky idey svobody. Bohdan, L′ova i Valentyn – troye absolyutno neschozhych heroyiv – doroslishayut′ sered ruyin totalitaryzmu. Doli chloptsiv vplitayut′sya spershu u vyzvol′nu borot′bu, a potim v ahresyvno rozv’yazanu kolonizatorom viynu. U karkolomnych podiyach, smilyvych rishennyach, neymovirnych vchynkach ta zhorstkych dyskusiyach prohlyadayut′ krayi prirvy, v yaku mozhe provalytysya suspil′stvo, a moloda nesformovana derzhava manevruye pomizh katastrofoyu opynytysya znovu v nevoli abo vystoyaty, ale peretvorytysya na takoho zh antyhumannoho monstra, yak kolyshnya metropoliya. SHlyachy heroyiv zvyvayut′sya sered voyennych stezhok, ministers′kych krisel ta tyuremnych nar, schob, proyshovshy vsi kola viyny, polonu ta totalitarnoho pekla, vony, vreshti-resht, staly svidkamy ostatochnoho krachu imperiyi. Dzherelo: