Inexplicable catastrophe throws heroes through the abyss of space into a new world. A handful of French peasants, workers, engineers and astronomers are faced with the task of surviving on a virgin planet. Jean Burna, a geologist, becomes one of the leaders of the research and arrangement of the new world. But is he as virgin and safe as it seemed at first glance?... A lot of adventures, unexpected meetings and discoveries, even wars, await heroes on the path of Tellus research. Saving the Americans, defeating the Swiss-Germans, meeting the Swisses are just small episodes of an exciting novel written with good French humor.