“The Messiah” is a science-fiction novel by Nikita Averin and Igor Vardunas, the third book of the “Chronos” cycle. Genre: science fiction, social science fiction. His name is Guy Matthews. He is the only survivor of the first International Expedition to Mars. After many years of absence, in 2060 he unexpectedly returned home, but his home planet is no longer home to him. The world that once seemed familiar and predictable—whichever fate or someone’s calculating hand brought the astronaut back to—has changed irreversibly. But people haven’t changed. Everyone expects a miracle from Matthews, who has been elevated to the rank of a new Messiah. But can he create it? In the hope of gaining the corporate hero’s favor, open confrontation begins—threatening to grow into war. What choice will a person condemned to eternal life make?