The Beetle in the Anthill

by Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky

Book Overview

"In this chapter of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's ever-deepening saga of the Noon Universe, Maxim Kammerer, once an intrepid young space explorer, is now an investigator with COMCON-2, the covert agency in charge of countering threats to the homeworld. He is tasked with tracking Lev Abalkin, a "progressor" tasked with guiding the development of civilizations on alien worlds, who has returned to Earth after a routine mission went tragically wrong...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641606789
• ISBN13: 9781641606783
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

more than ordinary science fiction

I have read all the books written by brothers A & B Strugatskii and would name them among my favourite authors. This particular book is actually a second and probably the most popular part of a trilogy where the main charachter is Maxim Kammerrer. In spite of that it can be easily read separately. The story will keep even the ones who do not like science fiction preoccupied for a few hours. The authors explore our fear of the unknown. What is the real purpose of the alien world and its beings? Are they offering a friendly hand or are they here to destroy us? Or, may be, they are merely passing by... To make matters more complicated, the potential alien does not know that he might be a walking bomb as Earth is the only home he had ever known...

Another view at a Super Hero

Why would a SuperMan (or X-man) want to stick around on the little Earth, getting the poor humans out of various boring problems?May be, because he (or she) does not realize his (or her) powers. Or, because, he feels gratefull or has some other emotional attachments.But this things can not keep him for too long...