When it comes to an exceptional goal, the heroes of this collection do not limit themselves in the choice of means. In the name of duty or contrary to official instructions, in accordance with their ideas about honor or contrary to generally accepted dogmas. In near orbit and distant worlds, in a brilliant future and in an alternative universe, as well as here and now. Near you. The final yearbook of AST publishing house contains the brightest works of the year from leading authors of Russian-language fiction: Sergey Lukyanenko, Evgeny Lukin, Oleg Divov, Evgeny Filenko, Svyatoslav Loginov and many other science fiction writers.