Kirill Benediktov is a Russian historian and political scientist, as well as a science fiction writer. His literary career began in the 90s, and even then the first success came to the author. He earned the glory of the creator of gloomy novels about the human present and future.
Biography
Kirill Benediktov was born on March 2, 1969 in Minsk. Until the age of seven, he lived in Belarus, and then moved with his family to the Russian capital. According to the author, the most important meeting in his life took place in the 5th grade. Then he began to attend the history lessons of a teacher from the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences and literally fell in love with ancient civilizations and disappeared people.
Therefore, it is not surprising that at the end of the school, Kirill Benediktov decided to enter the Faculty of History at Moscow State University. Here he studied the pre-Columbian civilizations of Latin America. However, the profession of an archaeologist Benedict did not choose and received a specialty in the new and modern history of Europe and America.
In 1993, a few hours before the coup, immediately after graduation, the young man went to a Belgian college, where he began to study the activities of peacekeepers and ethnic conflicts. After that he worked in South Korea. He was able to defend his Ph.D. thesis on the political activities of the OSCE in the Balkans. The author uses the acquired knowledge in the field of history and modern politics in his books, which makes them even more realistic and lively.
Creation
First published by Kirill Benediktov in 1990, it was a story dedicated to the city of the dead. After that, 2 books were published immediately, which brought the writer real fame and recognition: “The War in Asgard”, “Testament of the Night”. These stories about the immortal monster and the fascist revenge were very successful and received many awards in the field of science fiction. After that, the author took part in the project “Ethnogenesis” as the author of “Blockade” and “Keeper of Idea”.
In addition, Benediktov has an author’s column in the newspaper Vzglyad. And on the TV channel Russia.ru, the program “Black Heart of Moscow” was broadcast, which talked about the mystical places of our capital.
Benedictov Cyril, whose books are of great interest today, during his literary career has been repeatedly awarded writer awards. So, in 2010, he received the Chekhov Prize of the Writers' Union. The ceremony was held at the Central House of Writers in a small hall. Benedictov is the author of about a dozen novels and more than 20 stories. In addition, the novel of the writer "Testament of the Night" was filmed by director S. Zhigunov in 2008.
"War for Asgard"
This book was published in 2003 and was immediately highly appreciated by readers and awarded a considerable number of various awards in the field of Russian science fiction. Events unfold in 2053. During this time, humanity has experienced many epidemics and wars, and Western democracy has fallen. Now the world is ruled by the White Renaissance - a fascist organization advocating for genetic purity. Already half of the world's population is in isolation and reservations, but this is not enough, and scientists of the White movement are going to completely put an end to “human garbage”. The rebels have only one way to fight this new world - terrorism.
The main character, Colonel Vlad Basmanov, known as the Zero terrorist, will have to infiltrate the Asgard base and destroy the object codenamed Tollan, otherwise billions of people will be doomed.
"Snake and Mongoose"
The book was written in 2012 and published as part of the Ethnogenesis project. The author talks about a CIA agent named Smith, who is fired from service because of suspicions of helping prisoners escape from Guantanamo Bay. At this time, Chinese Chen comes to him. He offers Smith assistance in reinstating the service, and in exchange for this, the former agent must kill Bin Laden and take the statuette of the Snake from the terrorist. To ease the task, Chen gives Smith a Mongoose figure, which should block the power of the Snake. To complete the task, he will have to face Israeli special forces, American seals and the mafia of the damned.
The book "Snake and Mongoose" received many positive reviews from readers. They noted an exciting plot, a beautifully written detective story and an attractive protagonist. In general, we can conclude that for his twenty-year literary work, Benediktov not only did not lose his writing talent, but, on the contrary, continues to develop and improve it.