history – Ivan the Terrible, Lenin, Dzerzhinsky etc. A terrible plot is brewing. A mysterious figure in a black pantyhose pulled over its head announces a plan to amass the power of the Empire at the expense of subjugating other countries (Finland, France, Israel etc.) and turning its citizens into docile slaves. Otto faces a choice – either to sit back and let the plan go ahead, or to do something to defuse it. He borrows a gun from a KGB agent who is demoted as a consequence of Otto's escape, and shoots the Russian leaders, one by one. They tumble down as sacks stuffed with straw. Then Otto shoots himself. But later he reappears alive and boards a train to Kyiv as Moscow is destroyed in a giant flood. See also List of Ukrainian-language poets List of Ukrainian-language writers Ukrainian literature References 1993 science fiction novels Ukrainian science fiction novels Magic realism novels Novels set in Moscow Novels about writers Ukrainian-language books