Former cosmonaut Ivan Zhilin, familiar to readers from the stories ‘The Road to Amalthea’ and ‘Interns,’ arrives in a European resort town to uncover the dealers and distributors of the dangerous drug Slobodan. Here, it seems, a true World of Abundance has arrived—people have what they've been yearning for: material wealth, plenty of free time, and accessible entertainment. However, behind the seemingly prosperous material lives of the townspeople, adorned with an illusory gloss, lies an emptiness...