About the book: year / Many do not believe in intelligent life in the Universe, but few doubt the universal operation of uniform physical laws. But it was with intelligent life and zones where conventional physics gives way to magic that the earthling ship “Archilus”, sent to the closest star to us, Tau Ceti, encountered. It would seem that such incredible external conditions should give rise to feelings and actions in their inhabitants that are not similar to those familiar to us, but this is not so. Not distinguished by the features of Superman in terrestrial conditions, an ordinary specialist, Captain Jeremy Griffith, in deep space is capable of accomplishing a feat, and the formidable and unapproachable Merinda Neskat from the planet Brishan can well behave like an earthly person..