It is a minimalist, powerful, decisive novella, like a sword strike. At its center is Ruslan Vascan, a magnate who is heading towards his company even though he knows he will be betrayed by his best friend, who will propose a satellite deal to ruin him. Ruslan stops on the Brooklyn Bridge and remembers how he came to America. He was on the same bridge as now, had no money, did not know where he would sleep tonight, but he was young.