"The Air Seller" is a fantastic novel by Alexander Belyaev, genre science fiction. Entrepreneur Bailey decided to carry out a grand scam. He built an underground secret factory where, by sucking air out of the Earth’s atmosphere, he turns it into solid pellets. Solid air is stored in huge underground vaults. Bailey’s plan is that soon there will be a shortage of air on Earth, and he will grow rich by selling solid air while monopolizing the supplies of atmospheric air.