I was born in Ukraine and worked as a business consultant, a "crisis manager"—a person called in during critical moments to turn crises into opportunities. I also had a tourism business in Crimea until it was swallowed up by the Russian world of deceit and betrayal. We moved to Odesa. When the war started, I made a choice, went to the front, and served in the marines. I started with the battles for Kherson and Donbas. Then a shrapnel wound to the head, a fractured spine, on the verge of death. I should have died. But I survived. The long recovery, when my body wouldn't obey me, became a time of rebirth. The strength that wasn't broken in battle sought an outlet. And I became a writer. Now I'm writing three books: memoirs about the war and works of fiction. But the first was a fairy tale, not for children. It's an allegorical mirror woven from my understanding of power. A fairy tale about a wolf cub who became king, and who was replaced by his double. In the fairy tale, the ending is happy; in reality, I understand, the dangerous game continues. Today I offer more than just experience. I am an analyst whose research was conducted in offices and on the front lines. My strength lies in knowledge, my method in the ability to see the true rules of the game, be it the market, war, or politics. I appeal to those who prefer to win, not to submit. To those who value understanding above simple answers. My experience, tempered on two fronts, business and war, is now at your service.