The near future. An unidentified object appears in Earth’s orbit and, without responding to attempts at contact, begins generously seeding the planet’s surface with priceless artifacts. Choose: absolute health, ten million dollars, or seven years in prison according to a fresh amendment to the law.
In “Night of the Falling Stars,” Pavel and his friends are frantic around the city, rushing in a whirlwind of brief skirmishes with enraged townspeople and trying to obtain one of the artifacts.
But is the help of these unknown aliens really so disinterested? What awaits a person who has clutched a precious crystal in his hand? Where will he wake up tomorrow? And what if, opening his eyes, the first thing he sees is a flickering message: “Loading location: Virtpolygon ‘Kubinka-digital.’ Welcome, cadet! Now you are a killer!”