About the book: year / A world of incredible adventures awaits you in the depths of the Galaxy. Noble space adventurers, members of the galactic brotherhood of traders, risking their lives to discover new stars and planets. They, of course, will not miss their benefits, but first of all they are driven by the spirit of pioneers, the feeling of danger, the joy of victory. And it is they who have to face another civilization hostile to man. Paul Anderson, one of the pillars of space science fiction, created a truly grandiose saga about the star traders of the future.