Kirill Araslanov

December 1941. Leningrad. The story centers on the main character, who, together with other employees, saves zoo animals from shelling. The people themselves are on the brink of life and death, but they do not abandon the hippopotamus named Krasavitsa.

Valentina, unlucky in love, develops an allergy to romance. She sneezes at lovers, and they break up. This puts her career, her parents' relationship, and her close friend at risk. Therefore, Valentina urgently needs to find a cure.

The plot is built around Slavik, a Sochi slacker and ladies man who lived without thinking about tomorrow. But fate decided to play a cruel joke on him - he learns about a terrible diagnosis. The only hope for salvation is a suddenly found brother, who turns out to be the famous singer Philipp Kirkorov. In order to meet his relative, Slavik develops a daring plan to kidnap a Russian pop star and draws Kirkorov into a whirlpool of incredible adventures.

Romance, in Russian

Oleg Semyonovich Mandrykin is a doctor, which means he promised Hippocrates to treat even those who are not paying cash, but are covered by insurance, in difficult times. He is hit by a courier, Dima, at the entrance to his building. Now the culprit of the accident will have to go on calls, and a real doctor will direct him by phone. But everything goes wrong from the very first patient. Dima immerses himself in the profession so deeply that Oleg Semyonovich can only dream of one thing - for this day to end as soon as possible.

In the mid-90s, when the death penalty was still allowed, a new employee appeared in the special purpose prison. Like his colleagues, Kostya will have to carry out death sentences. But he has a special view of justice. After meeting with the father of one of the victims, Kostya realizes that it is close people who have the right to carry out punishment. Besides, you can make good money on it. For example, they never dreamed of the kind of money that a mother offered for the murder of her daughter's rapist.

USSR, 1980s. The Elista Children's Hospital is experiencing the country's first major HIV outbreak, with more than 70 children and several adults infected. Now everyone: doctors, patients, relatives need to preserve human dignity in the face of a terrible disease for which there is no cure yet.

Unsuccessful actor Alexey Vyazintsev learns that his father was killed under mysterious circumstances. Alexey travels to Shironino, his father's hometown, to sell his apartment, but instead finds himself embroiled in a series of dangerous events. Locals believe that the books of the long-forgotten Soviet writer Gromov have magical properties. Each of these books gives a specific effect: Rage, Patience, Power, Joy, Strength or Memory. The secret world of readers of Gromov's books is divided into Libraries that hunt for books all over the country and are ready to kill competitors for the sake of their strength. Vyazintsev will have to become a part of one of the Libraries, reveal the secrets of his own family and go in search of the rarest of magical books — the book of Meaning.