About the book: 1970 / This is a book about people of an era distant, and perhaps not very distant from our days, when tamed earthly volcanoes will give light and warmth for man, and the first photon ships will go into the Big Space. This is a Book about perseverance, courage, doubt and love of the people of the future. Life poses many questions to them... Is it possible to defeat time, and will Leon wait for his beloved, who has flown to a distant star? Is Professor Gombey right in hiding from people the great discovery that he managed to make? Did Lar, the hero of the story “Planet of Mists,” have the right to violate the order of the ship’s commander in the name of a scientific achievement? These questions will confront you, dear readers. How will you answer them? Drawings by B. Starodubtsev.