Видок. Цена жизни

Topinskiy vidok, titulyarnyy sovetnik Ignat Silaev, uzhe privyk k tomu, chto bolshe vsego nepriyatnostey stoit zhdat: ot zhivushchikh v Styloy Topi tvarey, neuravnoveshennykh dukhov, nu ili v kraynem sluchae ot dobytchikov-shatunov. Tak chto naezd stolichnykh chinovnikov, reshivshikh perekroit vlast v gorode, on vosprinyal ne osobo serezno. I sovershenno naprasno, ved net bolee kovarnoy i krovozhadnoy tvari, chem chelovek, i, chtoby sovladat s neuemnoy zhazhdoy vlasti i deneg etogo sushchestva, poroy prikhoditsya prizyvat v pomoshchniki nelyudey i nechist.