About the book: 2023 / This fantastic story describes the consequences of an invasion of our planet by an extraterrestrial life form. What kind of life is this - hostile or peaceful?... intelligent or is it an unconscious creature? The answers are not so obvious, despite all their apparent obviousness. The story is in two parts. The main characters are several friends connected to each other in an incomprehensible way in the early forties of the 20th century. In the second part, several more characters join them, and events are colored in tones that could not be foreseen based on the concept of the first part. The time and place of action in the first part is September 2009, Russia. Part two – beginning of January 2010.