The Newcomer

Russian engineer Darius Kvachins dressed perfectly for autumn fishing and hunting on the Yenisei. He planned for literally everything, right up to a thermal imager. The only thing Kvachins hadn’t planned for was that, in the heat of the chase for wild ducks, he would end up—along with the boat and all his gear—in some mysterious place where the murky waters of an unfamiliar river cut through tropical jungle. Kvachins didn’t indulge in illusions; he understood that no earthly forces could pull off such a trick. A seasoned man in a difficult situation relies on himself—but still, Kvachins felt more confident once he learned that on the hot world of the planet Krista, he isn’t the only “reincarnated” one from Earth…