Natalya Koldashova

Successful woman in love tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the altar with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend.

The main characters, or rather the heroines, were 13-year-old girls. Different in character, in social status, they are in love with the same guy - a musician by profession, a rising star of local importance. After one of the concerts, his car is stolen. From this moment, dramatic events develop in the life of our heroes.

Nathaniel, a reclusive network administrator immersed in the digital world, falls in love with a girl he only knows online. To meet her in person, he does a series of crazy things. He flies to Novosibirsk, to the middle of nowhere, where he discovers a third world—a world of absolute silence at night, where the nearest power outlet is two hours away. It's a world of unhurried conversations and tall pine trees, a world of grass and skies that doesn't exist in the city.

In New Year's Eve in the apartment of major Vlasov and his wife warrant officer Natalya Kiselyova the phone rings. It is the General who calls and congratulates Vlasov on perfect objectives on professional development and general military training of Vlasov's subordinates. The General confirms that the major regains his grade as lieutenant-colonel and orders to come to Moscow immediately as he needs him for a very important mission. Vlasov leaves his wife and daughter Masha nicknamed Mukha in Siberia and goes to Moscow.