About the book: 2023 / A new novel by the master of Russian science fiction, in which Russian space special forces encounter aliens from the future. 2078. Humanity is facing a catastrophe: the Sun is losing its mass at a tremendous speed and an ice age is about to begin on Earth. The culprit for this is an artificial sunspot created by a mega-intelligence from the future. It is very difficult to explore: the spot draws in terrestrial spaceships, and in it their crews are deprived of their bodies and their consciousnesses are zombified. But Russian special forces are capable not only of fighting and hating, but also of loving and risking their lives to save others. They can find a way out of any situation, which means humanity has a chance!