The hero of the novella is an aviation technician of shop No. 9 at a major airport—a top-class specialist, a romantic who is in love with aviation—lives close to the sky’s edge, even though he remains on the ground. The remarkable wholeness of his personality helps him come out as the winner from the collisions that keep arising in those difficult times when his youth fell. And even—thanks to a chance meeting—he finds his true love, toward which he had unconsciously been moving. © Viktor Ulin, 2010 — photo. © Viktor Ulin, 2021 — cover design.