About the book: 2019 / Space biologist Gil, behind whom there are many military operations, is going through not the best of times: unemployment, lack of money, family, divorce, there is also a high probability that a hereditary genetic disease will manifest itself, in which a quick death is almost the best ending. And then, unexpectedly, a job offer appears that seems to solve all problems at the same time: a scientific expedition to a distant planet. Good money, health insurance, minimal risks. Will the decision to fly, prompted by fear, turn out to be the right one? And are the risks already minimal on the distant and whimsical planet Ish-Chel?