The book includes the novella “My Little Bells” and the fairy tale “The King Without a Name.”
Before the world war, unique structures were created in the barren lands—Colonies, protected from the dangerous outside world by a special Shield (“My Little Bells”). Their inhabitants wait out the consequences of the war and prepare to move to other planets. The creators of the Colonies have everything calculated and decided: who will live, who will die, what language to speak— even the meeting and parting of two young people are included in their plans. But, as always, man only assumes…
And what should a king do if he has been foretold that the long-awaited firstborn will ruin him and bring grief to his people? (“The King Without a Name.”) And what is to be done by the queen of a neighboring kingdom, who has been raising him out of poverty since his youth, if the enemy—this very firstborn of the king next door, grown up and matured—appears on her doorstep and threatens all her subjects with eternal sleep?