ugly thing to it, and then you sit and look at the consequences... Two of Gromov's books focus on a theme of power in a social context: his novella Saint Vitus Minuet (Menuet Svyatogo Vitta, 1997), deals with an emerging society; the novel Master of the Void discusses the transition of a peaceful nation in harmony with nature to an aggressive industrial dictatorship. The latter examines the surrounding mechanisms of power in the fictional government as well as the protagonist's rise to leadership. References External links Some works of Gromov at lib.ru (Russian) Gromov fan website Russian science fiction writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)