About the book: 2021 / The best detective of Galactpol, Major Pronikaev, is on the trail of the space swindler Zero. He managed to rob the emperor’s own concubine, cleaning out her offshore accounts. The tireless major has a serious task ahead of him: to arrest Zero; reveal the mystery of the black hole U426s, where the swindler hid the loot; return stolen valuables to the Galaxy. And this is very difficult - after all, everyone knows that even light cannot escape from a black hole…