About the book: 1964 / The events described in the book are the search for a pennant, supposedly left on Earth by the inhabitants of another planet, — never actually happened. Science does not yet know any facts that would indicate that our planet was once visited by aliens from outer space. However, the fantastic nature of the plot did not prevent the authors from convincingly showing the romance of scientific research, friendship and camaraderie characteristic of young Soviet scientists. (The novel is quite cheerfully written, and the plot is more poignant than in the notorious “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown. - Anton Pervushin, “If» №1/2007)