Gag, the Fighting Cat, a teenager, a fighting unit capable of dealing with any conceivable and unimaginable surprise and turning it to the honor and glory of His Highness the Duke of Alai and his house... A resident of the planet Giganda, where war has been raging for years, he would have perished in battle if members of the Earth expedition hadn't arrived in time. Will the progressors from the...

Thousands of important experiments are conducted daily on Rainbow, the most important of which is a new method of spatial travel – ‘Null-T.’ But one day, the experiment goes awry, resulting in a gigantic, devastating Wave, sweeping all life from the planet's surface. The ship ‘Tariel’ can only take a limited number of passengers. Who must be rescued first? The collection also features the...

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...

The best authors writing in Russian: Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Dina Rubina, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Marina Stepnova, Narine Abgaryan, Yana Wagner, Tatyana Zamirovskaya, Sergey Lukyanenko, Eduard Ovechkin, Alexander Tsypkin and other contemporary writers - provided their stories for publication in this ‘This truly unique book brings together stories from our Foundation's wards, along with stories...

If you're feeling a little sad and lonely, be sure to pick up this book and immerse yourself in the magical world of Sergei Kozlov's fairy tales. Here, in an enchanted forest, where the seasons change slowly and amazingly beautifully, live Hedgehog, Bear, and their friends. They visit each other for tea with honey, spend the evenings twilight-filled, sitting in wicker chairs, wiping the stars...