About the book: 2009 / The world of the Earth after a catastrophe that divided the surface of the planet into areas that have no connection with each other. Nobody knows what is there, beyond the invisible line separating the home planet from the extraterrestrial world, who might appear on the “other side”? And how to punish the aliens who carried out a massacre in a peaceful earthly village? The heroes of the second part of the series “The Game of Babylon,” Valentin and Nikolai, give chase and find themselves drawn into an intrigue woven by a mysterious stranger who calls himself a “friend” and promises help to earthlings. But very soon it becomes clear that with their hands they are preparing a universal Pandemonium, no less serious than everything that happened before. They don't even suspect how much more serious…