About the book: 1996 / The famous trilogy of American writer Leigh Brackett "The Saga of Skate" tells about the planet Skate, which, located on the very outskirts of the Galaxy, perishes in the rays of the weakening sun. At the call of the local consulate, a representative of the Galactic Union, earthling Ashton, is sent there, but he does not return. His adopted son Eric John Stark, on his own initiative, goes to the rescue. He becomes a participant in grandiose events that he could not even imagine before..