About the book: year / French science fiction writer, author of twelve SF novels, a dozen short stories translated into more than two dozen languages. His real name was Pierre Pairault, and for the spy novel he also wrote he used another pseudonym, Lionel Hudson. Born in Paris. He studied literary studies and philosophy, passed the exams, and then switched to studying dentistry. He completed his education in 1941, after which he began working as a dental surgeon. Traveled a lot: I was in Germany, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Great Britain. Pierre Peyraud began composing as a child, but the “writing virus” captured him after he was 30 years old and in 1952 he began to create. From 1956 to 1959, he wrote and published 11 science fiction novels under the pseudonym "Stefan Wool", the most popular of which is considered to be "The Temple of the Past". After a long literary silence, 18 years later, in 1977, he published another, last novel, “Noo,” and this was the end of his career as a science fiction writer. These works, written in an adventure vein or representing a space opera, were so readable that to this day they are repeatedly republished in France and other countries. Contents: 1. Stefan Wool: Embraced by fear (Translation: B Ponomarev)2. Stefan Wool: Trap on Zarkas 3. Stefan Wool: Odyssey for two (Translation: E. Kukoba, G. Ignatenko)4. Stefan Wool: The Orphan of Perdida (Translation: Google Translate)5. Stefan Wool: Living Death