Arkady Natanovich and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky are classics of modern science and social fiction. The Strugatskys’ works were published in translations in 42 languages in 33 countries of the world. Four complete collections of their works have been published in Russian.
Young space explorer Maxim Kammerer is wrecked on an unknown planet, whose inhabitants are sure that they live on the only «inhabited island» in the Universe. This once flourishing world has been destroyed by an atomic war and contaminated with radiation, it is ruled by a cruel dictatorship that controls people with the help of technologies for influencing the mass consciousness.
Before he can determine his place in this strange, strange and terrible world, Maxim will have to meet friends and enemies, be a soldier and an underground worker, a terrorist and a convict. He, with his boyish fervor and desire for justice, will have to make a difficult choice between truth and lies, duty and betrayal, honor and dishonor …
A dynamic, exciting plot is combined in Inhabited Island with deep social and philosophical issues, so the story will appeal to both fans of action films and connoisseurs of serious literature.
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