Pebble in the Sky

From 1949, Joseph Schwartz ends up in a far-future world—the era of the heyday of the Galactic Empire. As a result of ancient thermonuclear wars, Earth’s surface became radioactive and unfit for life. At the same time, people spread across the entire Galaxy and forgot about their cradle. Earth is nothing more than a speck in the sky. Now all of humanity lives under the rule of the planet Trantor, which controls two hundred million stars. But on Earth, nationalist sentiments are still alive—some Earth people want to regain their ancestors’ power.

One of the revanchist groups is preparing a weapon capable of devastating the entire Galaxy. By the will of fate, Schwartz finds himself at the very center of the conspiracy…