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Imagine if one man devised a way to gain control of one vital resource no one can live without. What would you do then?

The Roaring 20s. The luxury steamship Benjamin Franklin leaves Genoa and sets out on a transatlantic voyage it has taken many times in the past. Things do not go to plan, however, when the ship is caught in a storm and seriously damaged. In all the confusion and panic, three passengers are left behind. A criminal, a detective who captured him, and an heiress must face a journey far away from the regular transoceanic routes, into the heart of the treacherous Sargasso Sea - a journey that will change their lives forever.

Marie Lauran is a young medical school graduate desperately looking for a job. Just as her savings are about to run out, she lands an assistant position with the famous surgeon Professor Kern. The terms of her contract are somewhat strange, but the pay is spectacular, and Marie is the sole breadwinner in her household. When she takes the job and steps through the door of Professor Kern's laboratory, Marie enters a nightmare world she realizes she cannot escape. Instead of a promising medical career, she ends up in the middle of a fight for her life and sanity.

Ariel does not know who he is, where he is from, or what is his purpose in life. The chance to get the answers comes in the form of a strange experiment, in which Ariel receives the ability to fly.

A mysterious creature haunts the fishermen and pearl divers of the La Plata Bay. The superstitious local villagers call him the Sea Devil. When a pearl merchant decides to capture the strange being against all odds, the truth turns out to be far more tragic and complex than anyone had ever imagined.

How many ways are there for driving someone mad? You could take him out of his time and propel him into another era. You could pluck him from his home and drop them in the middle of primitive jungle. You could pull him off the surface of the Earth altogether. Welcome to the Tales of Madness - a collection of three novellas by Alexander Belyaev bound to make you ponder the variety of ways in which one might lose his mind.

Great historic rulers attempted to take over the world with superior armies and weapons. Ludwig Shtirner decided not to follow in their footsteps. Instead, he set out to take over the world using nothing more than the power of his mind.

What begins with a bored millionaire looking for a new hobby, develops into a great international project, uncovering lives, mysteries, and tragedies of a long-lost civilization.

Light, Laugh, and Human Folly is a collection of novellas centered around anti-heroes living in a society that makes a straight road to success impossible. Alexander Belyaev’s reality-set stories with a touch of science fiction are chillingly close to home. They present the listener with scenarios that are very plausible and easy to imagine witnessing in today’s world. Instead of introducing a traditional hero, who comes and saves the world, Belyaev centers his narrative around individuals who are not only far from heroic but are decidedly unlikable at times.

Alexander Belyaev's rare foray into a bit of mysticism, The Witches' Castle is a reminder how careful must be wandering around the woods, especially when mysterious strangers and spooky buildings might be involved.

Antonio Presto had everything - fame, fortune, and prestige. And yet, through a terrible whim of nature, he could not have what he most wanted - ordinary human happiness. One day, he decided to change it all by appealing to one of the strangest physicians available.

Рыбаки и ловцы жемчуга Буэнос-Айреса напуганы — в море появился таинственный "морской дьявол". Однако хладнокровный делец — владелец артели ловцов жемчуга Педро очень быстро понимает, что за ними кроется что-то реальное и решает поймать загадочное существо.

"Ариэль" - фантастический роман Александра Беляева, жанр научная фантастика. В основу романа положен образ человека, способного летать без каких-либо приспособлений. Ариэля получил уникальные физические способности.

Предприниматель Бэйли решил осуществить грандиозную аферу. Он построил подземный секретный завод, на котором, засасывая из земной атмосферы воздух, превращает его в твёрдые шарики.

"Прыжок в ничто" - фантастический роман Александра Беляева, жанр научная фантастика, социальная фантастика. Посвящён Константину Эдуардовичу Циолковскому.

Odin iz pervyh romanov izvestnogo russkogo pisatelya-fantasta Aleksandra Belyaeva posvyashchen poiskam pogibshey civilizacii Atlantidy. Material dlya romana pocherpnut iz knigi francuzskogo avtora Rozhe Devinya "Ischeznuvshiy materik. Atlantida, shestaya chast' sveta", a neposredstvennym povodom k napisaniyu romana posluzhila zametka vo francuzskoy gazete "Figaro" o sozdanii obshchestva po izucheniyu i ehkspluatacii Atlantidy.