About the book: 2021 / A novel that logically completes the “history of the future” according to Olaf Stapledon, begun by the epic “The Last and First Men” and continued by “The Star Maker” . The novel is the quintessence of the cosmogony and eschatology of the great science fiction writer and futurologist. Each thinking race inhabiting the endless cosmos has its own guardian spirit, which goes through the same cycles of life as the people “subordinate” to it. Before us is a large-scale picture of the wanderings of the cosmic patron of humanity across the Earth and the solar system developed by people, a history of observations of the rise and fall of empires, a diary of fears and hopes associated with our intelligent species... Will the owners of the third planet be able to show themselves worthily within the confines of their galaxy or will they disappoint Star makers? Who will guide the descendants of Adam on the path of true immortality?