About the book: 2023 / "The Power of the Sun" by the Ukrainian mathematician and public figure N. Tchaikovsky (1887–1970) - first science fiction work in the history of Ukrainian literature. The story, written in 1918, tells the story of the aircraft designer and inventor Mikhail Rozdvyansky. His unprecedented discovery is being hunted by science retrogrades, evil conspirators and even Japanese hypnotists, and the plot centers on a dangerous expedition to the Sahara on a colossal airship..