Marietta Tsigal-Polishchuk

In Petersburg during perestroika there are two people, Alya and Nika. She is a little funny Petersburg intellectual; he is a French architect. They cannot live without each other, but they cannot together, either in the ancient Lyon castle, or in her communal apartment inhabited by colorful neighbors. Next to Alya is her childhood friend - Mitya, whose love she does not notice. He uses Ali's ridiculous mistake and Niki's jealousy to separate them for years.

Maxim Kammerer fights for his love and freedom. He leads a rebel movement challenging the five greedy rulers. One of the rulers, Strannik, knows how dangerous Maxim can be. He makes up his mind to stop the young man at any cost. The last close fight will decide everything.

2157年の深宇宙、マクシムは、自由調査団の宇宙船パイロットを務めていたが思わぬ隕石事故に遭う。未知の惑星に不時着するも宇宙船は大破してしまう。やがて彼は、その惑星が軍事独裁政権「匿名の父たち」に支配され、政府の設置した防衛塔が放つ特殊光線によって国民がマインドコントロールされていることを知る。そんな現状を目の当たりにし、マクシムは自らの命を投げ打つ覚悟で政府に戦いを挑む。