About the book: year / Planet Farhelem, 79th century... The world itself, people, civilization - everything is very similar to Earth... And a mysterious crisis is approaching civilization , somehow connected with the disaster of an expedition exploring an uninhabited continent. But everything is unclear, no one undertakes to explain the essence of the matter. Although we are hardly talking about the impending collapse of everything... However, it is strange: the older generations still consider themselves worthy of all the benefits of civilization... What can the little ones hope for, how to build their lives? And so - nine teenagers begin their search for an answer…