In an ordinary industrial Soviet town, notable only for presence of a radio-telescope, people start behaving strangely, in a robotic manner, while assuming geometry-inspired aliases and organizing into a new hierarchy. The phenomenon spreads via a device of alien origin, called “the mediator”, capable of implanting extraterrestrial minds into human bodies. The aliens are bound by limitations of the terrestrial technology, having to use the means at the disposal of humans to prepare the grounds for the full-scale invasion. With “the mediator" being unable to subdue minds of children, lunatics, geniuses, and rebels, a struggle over the fate of the town and the human civilization ensues.
A newest Russian military plane "TU-106" equipped with nuclear weapon is controlled by terrorists. There is almost no time before attack...
A single and not so young poet living in Moscow suddenly discovers that his summerhouse was sold by crooks to two different people.
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In the vacuum space, a clash of opposing social groups occurs: intellectuals and criminal elements. This leads to a catastrophe and entails a change in social roles - the persecuted become persecutors, the executioner turns into a victim.
