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« Enclaves"is the near future of humanity. When the Earth ran out of oil, conventional states lost their influence and enclaves took over. Each enclave is a small state within a state. And at the same time, the enclaves seem to be on another continent, since the power of states has no meaning here, the boundaries of the rules of decency and laws have become almost invisible. Enclaves are controlled by large corporations, which are the law. It would be just the normal nineties if it weren't for the future. Almost every person has a “balalaika” in their head, their appearance can be changed at least every day, and one brilliant “breaker” is capable of dissolving consciousness in the network and hacking even the database of the all-powerful Enclave Security Service.

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Series of books by Vadim Panov “Enclaves”

The books tell about the political games of large corporations that are able to control, if not the entire planet, then the entire continent; about the lives of ordinary bandits holding certain areas of the enclave that are not so ordinary; about the destinies of people who, brick by brick, put together a holistic picture of the future world. And all this is under the control of those who do not carry “balalaikas” in their heads, who, if they don’t want to, will not be reflected on any surveillance camera, who are able to slow down time, look into the future, and even kill gods. For whom almost nothing is impossible.

In this world, the destinies of people and gods, ordinary poor people and steeplejacks are intertwined; there are several ancient Traditions, whose representatives have been playing a cunning game of survival with each other for many centuries. In the world of enclaves, an ordinary operator of an underground organization can become a prophet, an ordinary girl can wield the power of the gods. The smartest, remaining in the shadows, are able to rule the world, fooling many, and sometimes all at once, also very smart representatives of power. An extraordinary genius is capable of being nothing more than a mechanic in a workshop, while a sloppy physicist is capable of inventing a new energy that will take humanity into new worlds. And all this despite the fact that every seemingly insignificant action of one person can destroy the plans of an entire enclave.

The books tell very whimsical stories about the destinies of people and their feelings, about modern technologies and gods, about ancient Traditions and the Digital Age. With all this, there is a certain secret essence in every action, in every plan there is a double meaning, and at least three parties want to get each object or object. The books intertwine science and religion, past and future, present and parallel world. And also about people's feelings. Someone experiences thousands of doubts and suffering, someone sometimes obeys only emotions, someone argues with their inner self.

After reading the “Enclaves” series of books, one gets the impression that they are built on faith, love, and new technologies. And also on a miracle, which most of the characters in the novel do not believe in. But in vain.

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"Enclaves"- a series of books by Russian writer Vadim Panov, written in the cyberpunk genre.

Universe of Enclaves

A series of novels describes the world of the near future. Oil and gas reserves are almost exhausted. Nano- and digital technologies have flourished rapidly, and genetic engineering has achieved significant success. States have lost their power, and Enclaves have entered the political scene, where power belongs to large corporations that fight with each other and with states.

A harsh world where the interests of the Enclaves, the European Islamic Union, the powerful Celestial Empire of China and the Catholic Voodoo of North and South America collide. But here, too, there is a place for humble hackers-“machinists”, in whose hands there is powerful power over Digital.

Plot

Enclaves Series

Main series "Enclaves"

The main Enclaves series consists of five books written by Vadim Panov:

• Vadim Panov. Moscow club. - Eksmo, 2005, 2008. - 480 p. - (Enclaves). - 35,000+7,000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-08658-7, ISBN 978-5-699-27558-8.
• Vadim Panov. Guides at a crossroads. - Eksmo, 2006, 2010. - 480 p. - (Enclaves). - 50,000+5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-17737-0, ISBN 978-5-699-17737-0.
• Vadim Panov. Bonfires on altars. - Eksmo, 2008. - 480 p. - (Enclaves). - 80,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-25283-1.
• Vadim Panov. Sellers of the impossible. - Eksmo, 2009. - 480 p. - (Enclaves). - 80,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-38695-6.
• Vadim Panov. Chaos perfection. - Eksmo, 2010. - 512 p. - (Enclaves). - 80,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-43821-1.

Series “Enclaves of Vadim Panov”

EKSMO Publishing continued the series called “The Enclaves of Vadim Panov” in an inter-author series of books:

• “Credit for mercy” (author - Andrey Frolov) 2011, ISBN 978-5-699-47777-7
• “Falconry” (author - Vitaly Aboyan) 2011, ISBN 978-5-699-48228-3
• “Sacrificial Lions” (author - Andrey Frolov) 2011, ISBN 978-5-699-51543-1
• “Virus of Oblivion” (author - Vitaly Aboyan) 2011, ISBN 978-5-699-52656-7
• “Burning Ice” (author - Viktor Tochinov) 2012, ISBN 978-5-699-54561-2
• “Hypostasis” (author - Vitaly Aboyan) 2012, ISBN 978-5-699-55928-2
• “Games over the Abyss” (author - Alexander Zolotko) 2012, ISBN 978-5-699-56552-8
• “Binary Shroud” (author - Andrey Frolov) 2012, ISBN 978-5-699-59195-4
• “Satan’s Paradise” (author - Viktor Tochinov) 2013, ISBN 978-5-699-62235-1
• “Hostages of the Void” (author - Vitaly Aboyan) 2013, ISBN 978-5-699-63036-3
• “An Incomprehensible Concept” (authors - Andrey Frolov, Alexander Zimny, Viktor Tochinov, Vitaly Aboyan, Alexander Zolotko) 2013, ISBN 978-5-699-64826-9

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• Petr Tyulenev // World of Fantasy No. 36; August 2006
• dlib.eastview.com/browse/doc/21898456 We will build a new world. Grigory Pozdnyakov // Knizhnoe obozrenie, No. 12, May 24, 2010, page(s): 16

"Secret City" « Enclaves» "La Mystique De Moscow" "Hermeticon" "Prime World" "Zander"

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He opened his eyes and looked up. The black canopy of night hung an arshin above the light of the coals. In this light, particles of falling snow flew. Tushin did not return, the doctor did not come. He was alone, only some soldier was now sitting naked on the other side of the fire and warming his thin yellow body.
“Nobody needs me! - thought Rostov. - There is no one to help or feel sorry for. But I was once at home, strong, cheerful, loved.” “He sighed and involuntarily groaned with a sigh.
- Oh, what hurts? - asked the soldier, shaking his shirt over the fire, and, without waiting for an answer, he grunted and added: - You never know how many people have been spoiled in a day - passion!
Rostov did not listen to the soldier. He looked at the snowflakes fluttering over the fire and remembered the Russian winter with a warm, bright house, a fluffy fur coat, fast sleighs, a healthy body and with all the love and care of his family. “And why did I come here!” he thought.
The next day, the French did not resume the attack, and the rest of Bagration’s detachment joined Kutuzov’s army.

Prince Vasily did not think through his plans. He even less thought of doing evil to people in order to gain benefit. He was only a secular man who had succeeded in the world and made a habit out of this success. He constantly, depending on the circumstances, depending on his rapprochement with people, drew up various plans and considerations, of which he himself was not well aware, but which constituted the entire interest of his life. Not one or two such plans and considerations were in his mind, but dozens, of which some were just beginning to appear to him, others were achieved, and others were destroyed. He did not say to himself, for example: “This man is now in power, I must gain his trust and friendship and through him arrange for the issuance of a one-time allowance,” or he did not say to himself: “Pierre is rich, I must lure him to marry his daughter and borrow the 40 thousand I need”; but a man in strength met him, and at that very moment instinct told him that this man could be useful, and Prince Vasily became close to him and at the first opportunity, without preparation, by instinct, flattered, became familiar, talked about what what was needed.
Pierre was under his arm in Moscow, and Prince Vasily arranged for him to be appointed a chamber cadet, which was then equivalent to the rank of state councilor, and insisted that the young man go with him to St. Petersburg and stay in his house. As if absent-mindedly and at the same time with an undoubted confidence that this should be so, Prince Vasily did everything that was necessary in order to marry Pierre to his daughter. If Prince Vasily had thought about his plans ahead, he could not have had such naturalness in his manners and such simplicity and familiarity in his relations with all the people placed above and below himself. Something constantly attracted him to people stronger or richer than himself, and he was gifted with the rare art of catching exactly the moment when it was necessary and possible to take advantage of people.
Pierre, having unexpectedly become a rich man and Count Bezukhy, after recent loneliness and carelessness, felt so surrounded and busy that he could only be left alone with himself in bed. He had to sign papers, deal with government offices, the meaning of which he had no clear idea of, ask the chief manager about something, go to an estate near Moscow and receive many people who previously did not want to know about his existence, but now would offended and upset if he didn’t want to see them. All these various persons - businessmen, relatives, acquaintances - were all equally well disposed towards the young heir; all of them, obviously and undoubtedly, were convinced of the high merits of Pierre. He constantly heard the words: “With your extraordinary kindness,” or “with your wonderful heart,” or “you yourself are so pure, Count...” or “if only he were as smart as you,” etc., so he He sincerely began to believe in his extraordinary kindness and his extraordinary mind, especially since it always seemed to him, deep down in his soul, that he was really very kind and very smart. Even people who had previously been angry and obviously hostile became tender and loving towards him. Such an angry eldest of the princesses, with a long waist, with hair smoothed like a doll’s, came to Pierre’s room after the funeral. Lowering her eyes and constantly flushing, she told him that she was very sorry for the misunderstandings that had happened between them and that now she felt she had no right to ask for anything, except permission, after the blow that had befallen her, to stay for a few weeks in the house that she loved so much and where made so many sacrifices. She couldn't help but cry at these words. Touched that this statue-like princess could change so much, Pierre took her hand and asked for an apology, without knowing why. From that day on, the princess began to knit a striped scarf for Pierre and completely changed towards him.

Briefly about the article: The work of Vadim Panov is not limited to his most famous literary cycle about the Secret City. The writer’s new series, “Enclaves,” has a world no less interesting and in some ways even closer to us. Read the story about Panov's cyberpunk universe with exclusive comments from the creator.

Breaking the Deadlock

Enclaves

Is there a possibility that somewhere in the depths of the Moscow Enclave a Secret City has been preserved?

I am sure that the Great Houses would not have allowed such a development of society that led to the emergence of the Enclaves.

From a conversation with Vadim Panov

The world has changed. Cutting through the huge buildings propping up the sky, electric cars rush over multi-level highways. Unprecedented genetic hybrids are being bred in secret laboratories, and rich housewives can change their appearance as often as their Sunday dresses. European civilization has been living out its last decades under the blows of blacks, Chinese and Arabs, clinging to corporate Enclaves scattered across the planet. The world is changing now - who knows what he will be like two hundred years from now?

Vadim Panov made his name with the multi-volume series “The Secret City”, and for many years this writer will be associated primarily with his most ambitious creation. Without wanting to offend fans of Santiaga or Cortes in the slightest, let me express my regret that Panov’s other works still remain in the shadow of the Great Houses. The new series “Enclaves” invites readers to immerse themselves in a world that is no less developed and even closer to us - a world that is worth paying close attention to.

White racial crisis

The most devastating blow to our usual world order was the Great Oil Famine. No one could have expected that oil, which supplies the lion's share of the economy, would run out - almost overnight. A series of wars broke out over the remaining deposits, as a result of which the political map of the world was significantly redrawn.

But the fuel crisis turned out to be only a pretext that gave vent to contradictions that had been accumulating for centuries. Already in the 21st century, Western European civilization with its flagships - the USA and the EU - began to give way to the young and aggressive. The European Union added the word “Islamic” to its name - Allah is now revered from Poland to Spain, and small concessions like permission to drink beer have been preserved only in the British Isles. China crushed all of Southeast Asia, and subsequently the lion's share of Siberia. In addition, the Celestial Empire won the space race by sending an expedition of five people to the Moon - and the American Apollos were not found there. Power in the United States passed into the hands of the African-American majority, and Central and South America united under the banner of Catholic Voodoo.

Yesterday's rulers of the world, transnational corporations, quickly found themselves under the threat of destruction: the society on which they relied was rapidly melting away under attacks from the East. And then they forced the governments of the countries to create Enclaves - special territories, the power in which would belong entirely to the businessmen. The calculation turned out to be correct: corporations that did not have political goals and did not wage wars were able to “transplant” the economy to electricity, solve problems with water and food, and revive the space industry. But, as one of Panov’s heroes rightly noted, all these achievements were only a quantitative development of the discoveries of the 19th century. A qualitative breakthrough was required - and it is still unknown in which direction the unstable balance on Earth will swing if it is made.

Cybernetics and biotechnology

No cyberpunk is complete without at least a partial unification of man and electronic computer. News from the forefront of science and technology increasingly convinces us that the next generation, in one at most, will go online at the click of a finger and switch television channels directly on the retina. In Panov’s world, the vast majority of the population wears “balalaikas” - triangular chips that are inserted into a connector at the back of the head. These devices can be loaded with a great variety of programs that will make life much easier, from high-quality translators and detailed guides to driving and shooting systems. To display information, some people use headphones and glasses with built-in monitors, but recently users have nanoscreens sprayed onto their eyes and sensors implanted in their fingertips. A person without a balalaika is a rare exception: not only does he lose a lot of opportunities provided by technology, but he also arouses justified suspicion among law enforcement officers and potential employers.

The flip side of cybernetic capabilities is total control. “Balalaika” verifies identity faster and more accurately than any passport or driver’s license; through a chip a person can be found in almost any corner of the globe; There are rumors that intelligence services - or hackers - are able to completely subjugate a person with the help of a balalaika. In Russia and China, the general “chipization” of the population is practiced - while “those not allowed to travel abroad”, such as criminals and those liable for military service, receive “irremovable” ones that cannot be removed from the back of the head on their own. Counterfeiting “balalaikas” is a serious crime both in the Enclaves and beyond.

It is interesting that Panov does not describe cyberspace - another indispensable attribute of cyberpunk. Even hackers (here they are called hackers) access the Internet through powerful laptops. All the main events of the series take place in the real world, and victory or defeat depends not on the power of “gadgets” and programming skills, but on the ability to calculate the enemy’s moves and enlist the friendship of the right people. It is unlikely that Panov, a radio engineer by training, is afraid of technical mistakes. Rather, the writer wants to show in this way that the main thing is in people, and not in technology.

Genetic engineering has reached no lesser heights - such that information about a person’s genetic purity is included in his mandatory passport data. Getransplantation allows you to create any hybrid creatures-transers - from fire-breathing dragons to people with gills. Both reasonable and unreasonable transers are very popular among those with deep wallets. Another type of genetic intervention - hemomodification - differs in that in this case the gene code itself changes, and mutations are inherited.

The recognized leader of biotechnology is the semi-legal corporation Mutabor, also known as the Temple of True Evolution. At the head of this strictly hierarchical organization is the Gracious Lord of the Future, who enjoys no less influence than the largest corporate leaders. The Templars do not recognize cybernetic interference in the body; they account for the bulk of people who have rejected the “balalaika.” At the same time, they are forced to resort to the services of machinists - professional computer scientists - but they are never treated as equals.

Despite the fact that most shun the templars and consider them abnormal, Mutabor is not in poverty. Possessing unsurpassed knowledge of chemistry and medicine, the Temple is able to cure any disease against which the powers that be are helpless. And in the event of an armed attack, Mutabor has squads of hide and seek - combat genaurs with inhuman reflexes, who are completely dependent on the templars.

Face of the Enclave

Enclaves did not arise out of nowhere. Governments allocated the largest cities for corporate territories: Moscow, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Seattle, Cape Town, Singapore... Finding themselves under the rule of businessmen, these megacities quickly acquired similar features. A typical Enclave consists of a dozen territories, differing in function and population. Since the main action of the series takes place in the former capital of Russia, let us consider the structure of the Enclave using Moscow as an example.

The business heart of the metropolis is the City, where skyscrapers of corporations, five-star hotels and Security Service offices rise. Life does not calm down here for a minute, but only the wealthiest of the steeplejacks - the elite of the Enclaves - can afford apartments in this prestigious area. Moscow City is located where the construction of the Business Center is underway at the beginning of the 21st century. The bulk of corporate employees of all ranks live in the quiet and safe Tsarskoe Selo in the west and north-west of Moscow. Another corporate territory is the University, a forge of scientific and technical personnel, the only higher educational institution of the Enclave. Closing the list of areas under the control of steeplejacks is Kolyma - the northern, industrial part of Moscow.

The Federal Center stands apart, the point of contact between the Enclave and the state that “sheltered” it. In the historical heart of the city there are representative offices of the authorities of the Russian Federation, as well as a regiment of paramilitary units - the Joint Investigation Committee. Here and only here the feds have at least some, albeit limited, power within the Enclave. Communication between corporations and state governments is not encouraged; moreover, their too close cooperation is prohibited by the Regulations on Enclaves, but in some cases the Security Service and the ROC have to join forces.

Word of the Creator: Vadim Panov

Despite the Regulations on the Enclaves, the Chinese Enclaves are strongly connected with the Middle Kingdom. Why? Does a similar symbiosis exist in other regions of the world, albeit not as strong? In China (and among the Chinese in general) patriotism and, of course, nationalism are very strong. This is reality. We should not forget that for many, many, many centuries, the Celestial Empire was considered the center of the Earth, and all other peoples were officially called “barbarians.” Such things take a long time to be absorbed. And if there is constant feeding, then you can imagine how united the ethnic group is. Other states, of course, are also drawn to the Enclaves, trying to play on national and patriotic feelings, but for the Chinese this is much more pronounced, and their position as world leaders allows them to pay less attention to the rules.

The remaining territories of the Enclave are farmed out to those who live in these territories. The real power here is held by the cantors - organized criminal groups. In the center of the city, roughly bounded by the Third Transport Ring, lies the Swamp, inhabited by a variety of nationalities, a significant proportion of which are Russians. The main attraction of the Swamp is the Mosaic entertainment club, located in a high-rise building on Krasnye Vorota, where clients can enjoy any pleasure from gourmet food to bed fun with trancers. The remaining areas are formed on a national basis: in Sashimi the Japanese rule, in Zanzibar - people from Africa, and in Krishna - Hindus, Urus and more respectable Arabia are inhabited by Muslims, and in Chinese Shanghaichik the power belongs to the powerful Triad. The Corporate Security Service prefers to turn a blind eye to unrest in national areas, intervening only in critical cases.

In the Enclave, danger awaits the stranger at every turn. An Indian may well be beaten to death in the Urus, and a steeplejack should not meddle in the hot spots of the Swamp. But there are also especially avoided areas in the Enclaves. For example, the Mutabora area, about which there are the most terrible rumors. Or zones of industrial pollution - inhabited by the dregs of Sleeve society.

Power in the Enclaves belongs... It is difficult to say who owns power in the Enclaves. Officially, there are no governments here: corporations act exclusively according to the laws of the market, the creation of monopolies and mergers with state-owned enterprises are prohibited by the Regulations and lead to the sale of the offending company. But someone should monitor compliance with the Regulations on Enclaves and ensure the safety of employees? Therefore, simultaneously with the birth of corporate zones, the Enclaves Security Service was created, the head office of which is located in Zurich. The regional director of the SBA is a very, very powerful person, however, he can also be “removed” by the president of the Service or the heads of corporations. But the president can be deceived, and the steeplejacks can be negotiated... This is how the Moscow Club appeared, an illegal secret association of the Moscow head of the SBA Max Kaufman and the top of the Naukom arms corporation.

Moscow: a mixture of East and West, ancient and modern.

Two other illegal organizations to be reckoned with in the Enclaves are the Consortium and the Association. A consortium of Transnational Carriers (or Corporate Smugglers) specializes, as its name suggests, in the transportation of prohibited goods - for example, unregistered heavy-duty float processors or hard drugs. The area of ​​interest of the World Association of Bioresource Suppliers is kidnapping people for ransom or simply disassembling them for organs. Both organizations are waging an invisible but fierce struggle for global influence.

Religions and Traditions

In the overpopulated Enclaves, where every day can be a person’s last, all kinds of religions and cults bloom wildly. Many profess traditional world religions (the inhabitants of Urus and Arabia adhere to Islam, and the inhabitants of Zanzibar are mostly followers of Catholic Voodoo), but there are also completely grotesque sects, for example, the Official True Atheistic Church and the Official True Atheistic Church, which are constantly at war with each other.

A kind of cybernetic religion for scrappers and machinists is Neikism, named after the writer Emmanuelle Maria Neik. In her fundamental work “Numbers of Righteousness,” banned everywhere except the Enclaves, Nake formulated the main principles of human existence in the cyber world. The path of the breaker for neikists is a way to gain power over the Number that has enslaved humanity. Mutabor also professes his own religion.

However, in the second book of the series, “Guides at the Crossroads,” it turns out that behind the screen of political confrontations and corporate intrigues there is a global, thousand-year war between the Traditions. These are not just religions, but rather an alloy of mentality, faith, and culture of a particular civilization. Against the background of the struggle of Traditions, both politics and economics fade into the background. What do you think the Chinese were looking for on the Moon? Is it really the remnants of the Apollos? Take more broadly - the Moon Hare, which bestows immortality. And who is this strange Moscow guest Urzak, who can kill both hide and seek and the best SBA militants with his left hand? This is the last fosterling of its Tradition, which with its own hands - now cut off! - destroyed it - and now found traces of an ancient enemy in the Russian Enclave. And even though the world is on the verge of great changes, what are these changes compared to an attempt to destroy the Beast in his own lair?

This “mystical” layer of “Enclaves” has not yet fully revealed itself - and it is unlikely that the mosaic will form a complete picture before the end of the series. But now we can say with confidence that a serious appeal to issues of culture, philosophy, and religion is one of those features that distinguishes Panov’s books from other cyberpunk works.

Are all the faces familiar?

It’s hard to get rid of the charm of the Secret City and look at the Enclaves with an unbiased, fresh look. Someone will see in Kaufman - Santiago, in his right hand Mishenka - Las Vegas, and in Urzak - the Lords of Thief. Someone will pay attention to the effect of recognition: the action takes place in the same Moscow, on familiar streets and squares. And Panov’s writing style has not changed: a well-structured and addictive plot, strong characters, similar chapter titles...

But this similarity is only external. "Enclaves" cannot be called a "Secret City" for fans of cyberpunk. Here is a completely different approach to the plot: if each story of “The Secret City” is a thing in itself, and they are connected only by the characters and the location, then in “Enclaves” there is a main line, with the finale of which the series will end. Moreover, now the writer poses the typical questions of short-range science fiction, trying to establish where the road along which it is going will lead our civilization.

Among fans of “hard” fiction, one can hear the opinion of Panov as a talented, but mass-produced author who works for the needs of the reader, avoiding truly important topics of our time. “Enclaves” is a serious bid to change this opinion. In his new series, Panov took aim at solving the pressing problems of our world - and, it seems, he is successfully coping with the task. This is clear proof that science fiction can be both smart and exciting, providing both food for thought and aesthetic pleasure.

Illustrations provided by Eksmo Publishing House.

The wonderful world of consumption, information technology, digital economy and millions of useful applications has reached its peak. That is, I found myself in a dead end.
Civilization has long since grown from the cradle, but instead of spaceships, corporations have been inventing more and more new devices in an unbridled race for the desires of consumers. The corporations made a lot of gold, but lost their future.

(2013)

As the world turned to hell, nightmares became reality and the word "hope" went up in smoke. When the Earth returned to the primitive communal system, and civilization was preserved in only a few centers. When cruelty guaranteed life...
It was the world that began to dream about what it had neglected during the peace.

(2010)

Chaos is taking over the world. It consumes states and Enclaves, and even the all-powerful SBA is unable to cope with it.
Chaos takes over our minds. And now the launch of the Station - a new hope for humanity - threatens to turn into a global catastrophe.
How to stop the Apocalypse?

(2009)

Maybe the long-predicted Apocalypse has already arrived? The Enclaves, which seemed to be a salvation from general chaos, cannot cope with the collapse of society. The Digital Age, instead of freedom, brings extinction from a terrible drug. City streets are filled with the blood of warring mafiosi. China, the European Islamic Union and the countries of Catholic Vodou are unable to find a way out of the impasse in which the world finds itself.

(2007)

The world of the Enclaves is rational to the core: computers and information technologies have permeated all spheres of life, the successes of genetic engineering have reached unprecedented and even frightening heights, and super-fast transport systems have radically changed the concept of distance. However, it was in this world that a battle broke out for the possession of the manuscript of one of the last representatives of the ancient Tradition, whose very existence completely refuted all the laws of materialism.

(2006)

Once Moscow was the capital of a great country, then it became an Enclave, one of many, now its secrets can save the world pressed against the wall.
A world in which Digital rules, nanotechnology and genetic engineering make it possible to achieve incredible results, and powerful corporations compete with decrepit states.

Enclaves... Vadim Panov...

Before, these words meant nothing to me. For me, a person who does not read very much and is not very well versed in modern science fiction, Panov was unknown. The first mention of it (for me as a game lover) is associated with the game Secret City online. Then I found out that such a writer Vadim Panov exists. The second time I heard about it was when I became much more interested in books than in games. True, they never got around to it. Well, thirdly, most importantly, about Panov - I was advised to read him literally a month ago. Well, before the new year, I decided on the Enclaves series. Why on her? Because they advised. And nothing more.

So. What did I expect from the series? An interesting story, perhaps. Interesting heroes. In general, in short: a good book.

The first impression of the series was not very good. A quick start, a large number of characters, something happening everywhere, someone doing something. A chaotic start that was hard to understand. I advise everyone starting to read the series to carefully and focusedly read the first two chapters of the first book. Otherwise you may not understand. Then, as they say, I got involved. After a sharp start, the story doesn't slow down, but becomes easier to digest. The theft of the granddaughter of a famous person, the search, the subsequent change of name and relatives... And all because of money. And in the near future, as now, money will decide, if not everything, then a lot. Later in the story, characters with digital names entered the scene. Primarily Nine and Forty-Two. They are not alone, but according to the plot they are important. After all, the Digital Age is ahead!

We'll leave the plot details to those who will read the book. Let's say a little about the world of Enclaves. This is the future. Moreover, the future has no specific dates. We can assume the year 2100, or another. But it won't make sense. For which the author of the book must say a huge THANK YOU! We are not tied to dates. At all. We understand the age difference between grandfather and granddaughter. We understand that if an event happened fifty years ago, it is quite a long time ago, and 5 years ago is relatively recent. We don’t think about who was born in what year: can’t anyone imagine a person who, for example, is going to go to university? And hundreds of such examples can be given. There is not even a clearly defined history of the world and the development of mankind. Simply because it is superfluous here. Who will think how many years ago “floats” appeared, how many years “balabaikas” were tested, how much time passed from the invention of the same “balalaika” to its full introduction into the life of society? And most importantly, why think about it? There are people here. And events between people are always more interesting.

Speaking of people. Vadim Yuryevich's imagination is truly rich. Dozens of characters are so diverse, and at the same time natural, that everyone will find a hero or heroine whose life he/she will observe first of all. Of course, you can highlight Patricia, and Chaika, and the Dead, and several other main characters. But they are not the only ones that make the book live. Not all heroes live happily ever after, not everyone is happy about what is happening. Well, I don’t even want to talk in detail about the fact that not everything works out for them. That's life! And you can’t escape her.

You can’t escape the banal comparison of volumes either. There is probably no series about which readers would not say: “the second volume is better than the first” or “the fourth volume is the coolest, because the third was stupid.” But you still need to understand that, first of all, this is a tetralogy. For now. And “Enclaves” is not one world with different plots, but one big story, the finale of which can be expected in the future fifth volume. Moreover, the reader is ready for this plot-wise. For all these reasons, it is worth saying only how the story develops. Ups and downs are an integral part of any work, especially such a voluminous one. The smooth rise of interest in the first volumes is diluted by a slight decline in the third and continues with a smooth rise in the fourth. And now here is the most interesting thing. Let's cross our fingers and hope that the fifth volume will indeed be even more interesting than the others and will answer all the questions and put all the dots in the work.

However, no matter how interesting the book is, it has its drawbacks. They are small, unnoticeable for some, but for others these disadvantages are advantages. But not mentioning them would deceive the reader reading this review. First of all, a difficult start. But I have already mentioned this and therefore will not go into detail. The second point is the excessive religiosity of the third volume. Such a detailed and understandable religious component is a huge plus for the realism of the created world. But the fact that this religious component for the most part turned out to be collected in one place is a controversial issue. For me this is a negative point. This is where I really get bored. Although everything is clear. Well, the third minus (namely a minus and not a minus) for a slight unevenness in the activity of events. It’s clear that no one wants to read a moment that is chewed over for a long time, which can be read in the form of a dynamic scene. And vice versa. The question is different. Sometimes it turns out that the event that you want to read about now is pulled somewhere deeper into the plot. Small memories are definitely good. But when, for example, the next battle moment with many sides is just getting ready, you can lose the threads of a certain storyline. Maybe I'm being too picky, but that's how it seemed to me.

In anticipation of the fifth volume, I put on 9 episodes. Because I hoped that Enclaves would not become a super-long series, but would remain a high-quality series without unnecessary moments. And now, almost 8 months after the start of this text, I am finishing my opinion.

And this opinion has not changed at all. The ending of the series turned out exactly as it should have. For the first time among a large number of well-known series, this story received a worthy ending, after which it evokes a feeling of sadness, understanding and respect. It’s not every year that episodes come out that really make us think, make us experience new events with the characters, and make us discover even the most hidden feelings within ourselves.

BRAVO, Vadim Panov! Amazing series!

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Rating: 9

To be honest, at one time I took up “Enclaves” for one simple reason - I really liked the title. Something about it feels large-scale, powerful and dominant. In general, one way or another, it was the title of the cycle that made me buy the first three novels in one book, but then I didn’t even suspect what different and strong emotions my acquaintance with the work of Vadim Panov would bring me.

Now, looking into the recent past, I can’t even really say what exactly captured me so much from the beginning of reading the series. Perhaps, from beginning to end, it contains all the components of good literature. This is a most interesting and whirlwind plot that does not allow you to be distracted for a minute throughout the entire series. This is a huge, fantastic, and at the same time such a real world of the future. And, of course, these are amazing, lively characters who simply cannot leave you indifferent. Moreover, the abundance of these characters per square meter of film...that is, paper, leaves no doubt that you will still choose your favorite. Perhaps the author's style stands out from the list of advantages. Yes, Panov is not Eco, not Simmons, and not Pushkin. But it’s easy to read and doesn’t make you sleepy at all, and some of the characters’ quotes could just be carved in stone.:gy:

It all starts out quite simply. There are Enclaves. Yes, states allowed corporations to become stronger than themselves economically, and such islands of independence appeared in many countries, governed by corporations and called enclaves, with their own laws and life. There are many heroes, and all are incredibly diverse. Perhaps in almost the entire cycle, each hero represents a separate, interesting personality. Each hero has his own destiny and each follows his own path. But sooner or later he finds himself drawn, sometimes against his will, into the game played by the highest of this world. Gradually, all the simplicity of the plot disappears when the scale of events becomes visible. Moreover, sometimes you don’t have time to follow them, because the writer sets the plot faster than ever.

The novels are almost impossible to read separately from the series. The ending of each novel is a springboard for the beginning of the next. The only exception, perhaps, is “Bonfires on the Altars,” which begins from the perspective of previously unknown heroes. But gradually he bites into the main plot of the entire cycle and its subsequent events greatly influence the ending. Each of the novels is built on almost the same principle - all the lines of the characters gradually converge and in the finale there comes something like a crescendo! Moreover, the entire cycle is also built from its crescendo (cycle) that is simply breathtaking. In general, the scheme was reminiscent of the film “Lock and Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”; at the end of each book I just wanted to exclaim: “Wow! They met!”...And these meetings rarely end in bars with beer. More like slums with Berettas.

The characters are all just a feast for the eyes. It’s rare when reading different lines of heroes that you meet each of them with equal joy. In “Enclaves,” no matter who appeared on the pages, a joyful smile always appeared on my lips. Enough of everyone; and scum, and noble knights, and fools. We must give Panov his due - among his egroes there are actually people from virtually all walks of life, which gives the reader the right to dream very much. Who hasn't ever wanted to own and control the destinies of the world at the head of some corporation? Or be a top-secret and elusive spy, capable of any tricks? Or a cool, best hacker in the world? In general, here it’s like in Yandex - you can find everything! Heroes take advantage of their very different qualities. Kaufman, with his coldness and ability to keep everything under control, Mishenka with his equanimity and ability to negotiate. Seagull - simplicity, kindness and genius. What boss wouldn't want an executive assistant like Slonowski among his deputies? Tin is sweet, and at the same time knows no pity, and Gryaznov literally makes you feel sympathy for him. Well, guys like Beavers are generally the joy of the whole cycle. Perhaps they became my main favorites.:mafia:

Despite the super-fast plot and superbly written characters, the author manages to deeply touch upon and think through many serious issues. One of them is the future simply described by Panov. If you think about it, this is exactly what we see. There may be no enclaves, but humanity is quite possibly facing an industrial and energy deadlock. How many years have passed, but we have not flown further than the Moon. The planet's population is growing by leaps and bounds, but the planet is still not rubber. As a result, we can expect exactly the same pandemonium that is happening in the enclaves in the book “Chaos Perfection”, only people will rip each other’s heads off not for “sindin”, but for gasoline, alcohol and bread. All this is sad and makes me sad. And yet Panov subtly hints that beauty and love will save the world. And he wants to believe.

Result: an incomparable thing of its kind. A strong and insightful cycle. I guess I can’t call anything like “Enclaves” offhand. But judging by the design, Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” and Dan Simmons’ “The Fall of Hyperion” come to mind, everything there was just as big and terrible. I’m not an envious person at all, but now I’m extremely jealous of people who are just getting acquainted with “Enclaves.”

Bravo, Vadim! Thanks to you, science fiction has become unimaginably richer!

Rating: 10

The book left a mark on my soul. But you can't call it pleasant. Advantages of the cycle:

1. Fascinating, vibrant world. Huge corporations with unlimited power. Hackers dashingly breaking through the defenses of factories and military bases, capable of bringing down military helicopters from the sky and listening to what they are talking about in the offices of the heads of intelligence. Closed from the world, a society of templars, denying the technological path, serving the living god, capable of creating genetically modified soldiers. It's all very interesting.)

2. A unique approach to religions. This is not to say that the idea is new - in general it is the same theory of “egregors”. First, religion appears, and then it gives strength to its adherents. In this case, it only appears not due to the flow of people’s thoughts, but under the influence of the “upper world”, where all these gods are present in their natural form.

3. The book is smart. Sound reasoning, apt comments. The situation in the book develops realistically, as it would have developed if everything had actually happened. The number of pianos in the bushes is kept to a minimum.

Objectively the cycle is good. But, personally, I really didn’t like several points about the “taste and color”.

1. So nothing is clear, by and large. What role does the underworld play? Why do gods, inhabitants of the upper world, appear here? What exactly are Mutabor and his prelates?

Spoiler (plot reveal)

Why, if you hit the Earth with an energy beam, will the gates to other planets open?

And don’t say that there is a great and mysterious author’s plan here, Vadim Yuryevich was just too lazy to think through these questions.

2. Everyone who fights with the main characters is a whipping boy. The heroes always succeed. Whatever the antagonists try to oppose to them, everything has already been foreseen in advance and will not harm, or even play into their hands.

Spoiler (plot reveal) (click on it to see)

General Liao just fiddles around, fusses, can’t achieve anything at all, and dies in due time without a word. When Aho kidnaps Patricia in the fifth book, his cheekbones ache from boredom. It is immediately clear that now Tin will chop everyone with one left hand, Papa Jese, as he wanted, the Dead will become the Abbot, and if anything happens, Pat will smear everyone on the floor with a snap of his fingers.

It is not clear why representatives of all religions, except Catholic Voodoo, are capable of, at best, weak foresight.

3. People, based on the structure of the world of Enclaves, by themselves are an empty place. They can receive any abilities only from the higher worlds, through their Tradition. What's really funny is that those closest to God are those who officially have the highest ranks in the religion.

4. Ending.

I don't like the main characters. I am against people who want to implant a bright future, who are confident that they know better than the stupid people what they need. You cannot commit immoral acts for the benefit of the country or the salvation of humanity. Humanity has managed without you for tens of thousands of years and will somehow continue to live. And if he doesn’t live, then it’s his choice. As long as those in charge consider the people to be stupid animals, they will continue to behave that way. The construction of a more civilized and harmonious society can only begin with the recognition that people have reason and are able to understand the consequences of their actions.

Rating: 6

So I finished reading the series... There are a lot of thoughts, but I will try to present everything in order.

If you read only the first and last books separately, it may seem that they have very little in common, and that they, in principle, belong to different genres. If at first we see, in general, the ordinary world of the future, then in the end everything is intertwined at once: metaphysics, religion, new worlds, etc. It seems that the author had a lot of ideas and decided to put them all in one place. It turned out badly, there is a lot of incomprehensibility, the ends and beginnings of thoughts are not linked, and there is little logical connection of the realities that were conceived, to put it mildly, and they are not convincing. I think the main mistake in this series is that the author touched on the idea of ​​religion (traditions, gods, etc.). Firstly: he did not dig deeply into this issue. Secondly: I dug crookedly. This topic is complex, and not everyone can handle it, and Panov, unfortunately, is no exception in these books. He did not bring it to the end, and he did not begin to lead it from the very beginning. There is little explanation, logic, coherence. The only thing he succeeded in this regard was to show continuity, as well as to let us see the very concept of tradition in the stages of development.

I liked the first book the most. And in general, almost all the books in the series have common components: charismatic heroes, mind games, action, etc. Everything is written in simple, understandable language, in two words: easy to read.

Spoiler (plot reveal) (click on it to see)

And yet, these books have one great advantage, called Tin. For this character, a separate and independent THANK YOU to the author. Sometimes I read only to get to the chapters with his participation. The hero turned out to be simply a masterpiece. Small, bald, frail, covered in tattoos, modest, loyal, naive, with a childish touch, ruthless towards enemies, strong, dexterous, with his super abilities, with a sense of humor - all this is Tin. And the discovery in the form of stretching A and Z is simply the highlight of the whole work. The only pity is that it is not given as much space as we would like.

Rating: 8

Oh, Comrade Panov did a lot of things, he did a lot of things! The first cycle for me, which is interesting from... to... A cycle in which all the books are at a level, at a very high level (well, maybe the third book let us down a little).

A real man's work (may female authors forgive me), without slobbering and pink snot, extremely tough, truthful, laconic, without obvious propaganda and patriotism. You believe in the created cruel world; into the characters who live in it and act accordingly. According to your own benefit, your own truth.

A lot can (and should) be said about the merits of enclaves.

A cool action movie with a twisted plot, in which the characters are alive and live according to the laws of wolf time. Characters who stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Their complex multi-move combinations can compete with the Mobius strip in the art of dislocating the brain.

Cyberpunk, yes there is, a little, like a secondary background. Rather, adding variety to the outline of the action movie.

Philosophy is not much, just in moderation and in those places where it is needed.

Religion, isotericism - literally on the tip of a knife. But how can I express this, so as not to reveal the plot... - this is a drawing under thick tracing paper, which appears as the plot develops.

Disadvantages - well, I don’t want to notice them, I don’t want to notice them at all.

Bravo Mr. Panov! Bravo!

Rating: 10

I’ve been thinking for a long time about what genre the “Enclaves” cycle can be classified into? At first glance, it’s fantasy, the world invented by the author is too different from the one we know, the total superiority of the computer over humans, one might even say a symbiosis of man and machine. Is it good or bad? New opportunities are opening up for people - an instant translator, the absence of any documents, an almost unlimited memory capacity, communication at the level of exchange of thoughts, with all the advantages of this progress there are also opponents.

There are people who do not take advantage of new opportunities, but make do only with their heads, but at the same time they live no less full lives, and many even do the opposite and even manage powerful military structures. They also have unusual abilities that people in the late 21st century should not have, they are not recorded by recording devices, they can predict the future and they are practically invulnerable. This no longer applies to science fiction, this is a completely different genre, but even now it is impossible to clearly indicate the direction in which the cycle was written. I can safely say one thing - all five books by Vadim Panov from the “Enclaves” series are real masterpieces of literature, reading these books is a real pleasure, I envy those who have yet to get acquainted with this world.

Cruel, inhuman, designed only for the strong, not tolerating any compromises, stuffed with all kinds of special services, completely computerized, brought to almost complete control over a person, but without losing touch with ancient Traditions, this is how the world of Enclaves turned out. There is no place for weaklings, if you want to survive you have to kill or betray. Panov’s world turned out to be completely real and therefore even more terrible, because it is in such a world that our children or grandchildren can and will live. Everyone knows that natural resources will one day run out and what will happen then? And then there will be the world of Enclaves, in which you will need to learn to survive.

Thank you for the detailed instructions for surviving in the future: appl:

Rating: 10

Enclaves, Vadim Panov began to read with apprehension; I already had experience when, believing laudatory reviews, I wasted time and money. But here everything turned out differently. Enclaves are the Great World, a World assembled from many sometimes contradictory things, and therefore alive! Magic and technology, poverty and luxury, the latest achievements of technology that seem fantastic, and ancient powerful forces and beings, forgotten and become legend, but not losing their power. Many characters, from all walks of life, professions, characters, and personalities. For me, the series ended with the book “Chaosperfection,” you need to be able to finish the story and part with your favorite characters, otherwise a good thing will turn into a stupid, funny and frankly weak farce.

Rating: 10

Just recently I read (re-read) Peter Hamilton’s “Nightfall” series. And I realized that I like this kind of space opera: at the intersection of hard science fiction and mysticism - a new space opera.

And now I read “Enclaves” by Vadim Panov. And the same feeling - many heroes, a big world, different communities, a lot of problems. And I like this kind of earth opera. A new earth opera at the intersection of hard science fiction and mysticism.

However, there are differences (and perhaps not in Panov’s favor). And here and there, a large, global society stagnates, ossifies in its well-fed isolation. But in Hamilton, the world explodes from the outside, by some new factor, and there is a confrontation, a struggle, and it is not clear how to solve the problem, who will stand and whether they will stand in the face of such a threat.

For Panov, the world is also stagnating. But what is the impetus for change? What threats are facing humanity? Overpopulation? Partly. But this is a very weak, vague threat. Losing tradition? And again the threat is implicit, vague. Hackers, Digital, Naykists? Yes, a hundred years of this philosophy and everyone is alive.

And Panov “explodes” the world from the inside, with the hands of adepts, people, so to speak, advanced users of the planet. “It’s time to upgrade,” thought Kirill Gryaznov and brought the world down. Yes, this is also a position, this is also a push, but how weak it is compared to Hamilton’s “possessed”! And from this (from the weakness of the push) the weakness of the finale (I won’t say what Hamilton did with the finale, we’re not talking about him). There is no catharsis. There is no epic resolution to the conflict. Because there is no epic conflict. Yes? Everything is fine, the New Temple has been built, but who is happy about it? A handful of survivors?

Overall: the world is excellent, there are conflicts, the push is internal, the ending is weak. Alas.

Rating: no

An extremely successful cycle at the intersection of the genres of cyberpunk, dystopia, science fiction and urban fantasy with an exciting dynamic plot rich in chases, shootouts and cunning intrigues, memorable characters with bright personalities and interesting deep philosophical discussions about issues that everyone has probably thought about at least once in their lives.

Rating: 10

Cyberpunk is the word most often used to describe the genre of the series. Not sure if this is correct.

Panov did a great job of showing us the world of the relatively near future: he fantasized about geopolitics and religions, talked about transnational corporations, and came up with a few technical gadgets. And all this is flavored with a fair amount of intrigue (no worse than at the Madrid court) and adventure with bright strokes of mysticism (or maybe fantastic surrealism?). It reads very quickly and is not boring, despite the many parallel storylines. The almost complete absence of truly positive characters looks like an unusual idea. Because of this, the heroes of the work do not seem like cardboard dolls with an exaggerated sense of justice. Everyone pursues their own goals and goes towards them, using their own methods. But from this, each of them only becomes more alive and textured. Unfortunately (or maybe not unfortunately), the further you read, the more questions arise, to which the author is in no hurry to answer, revealing the veil of secrecy with grains of half-hints.

Unusual? Yes.

Exciting? Certainly.

Language? Are you a fan of Lev Nikolaevich and Fyodor Mikhailovich and miss full-page sentences?

P.S. The Dead and the Horseman, who are they? Is Chaika right in his choice? What is a Monster?

You may or may not get answers to these and many other questions by reading the “Enclaves” series by Vadim Panov.

Rating: 10

A good complete series with an original world. It reminded me very much of Hyperion, only the action is not in space, but on one planet - also several bright characters, the old world is collapsing, cyberpunk style, elements of mysticism and the author keeps secret until the very end what is happening. The first book is the strongest - it’s clear that they really put effort into it. The rest of the books are written in broad strokes, like “you take the enemy battalion on the right, and I will destroy the enemy battalion on the left, and then we will run away and no one will notice.” 90% of the world is described in the first book. Well, the mysticism did not benefit the series, but this is a matter of taste.

Some aspects of the story will not be revealed and remain in the “figure it out for yourself” position. For example, what kind of Tradition is this, how did heroes like Gryaznov and Mortvoy become who they are, and you can still dig up a bunch of questions of the same kind. Until the end, I had the feeling that I was reading the series not from the beginning, but somewhere in the middle.

2. + The characters turned out to be a sight for sore eyes, at least in terms of liveliness and individuality. It’s like it was copied from real people and that’s very cool.

Such real heroes are incredibly lucky, strong and all-conquering. This was already a little frustrating, because there was no feeling of a fight to the death. Somewhere from the third book it became clear who would win in the end. Or, see point 1. by the “-“ sign.

3. + The cycle, of course, carries a semantic load; in essence, it depicts a liberal hell, which led to a significant reduction in the white population and a decline in morals. There's a lot to think about.

The disadvantage smoothly follows from the advantage - there is no alternative way out of the liberal apocalypse, and there is a doubt that, in the author’s opinion, liberalism is the apocalypse... Although this is IMHO, see for yourself.