Alexander Stenbock-Fermor

En un futuro cercano, durante el transcurso de unas excavaciones en el desierto de Gobi, se encuentra un extraño objeto de origen extraterrestre que contiene un misterioso mensaje. Un grupo de científicos descifra el mensaje, llegando a la conclusión de que se trata de un comunicado alienígena procedente de Venus; las naciones del mundo se ponen entonces de acuerdo para enviar una expedición a bordo del Kosmokrator, una nave rusa de altísima tecnología, y tomar contacto con la civilización que ha enviado el mensaje...

Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge, King Louis XIV decides to create a special court named "La chambre ardente", designed to find and punish the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. An unexpected person, Mademoiselle de Scudéry, the famous poetess, will find herself entangled in the web of a criminal intrigue linked with the jewel murders, along with a a goldsmith, his daughter and her fiancé...

During the global economic crisis, the mine pit "Morgenrot" is due to be closed due to unprofitable results. With the use of a machine forbidden for security reasons, the mates try to work more effectively and thus save their jobs. A serious accident happens.