About the book: a year / Twenty years later, the second expedition arrives to the Strange Planet. Strange phenomena await earthlings on this Strange planet. Starship captain Anton Novak, in the process of research, destroys the “rocket,” which is one of many on this planet. And only after this he realizes that the expedition met with crystalloids, an intelligent race. Fearing for the fate of the Earth, Anton makes a rash decision - to destroy the swarm of “rackets” that followed the ship.