Aelita · 1923
One of the first Soviet science fiction novels: an engineer and a Red Army soldier build a rocket and fly to Mars, where an ancient civilisation is waiting for them. A story of a daring voyage, a strange world and an earthly heart that cannot stay silent.
The Garin Death Ray · 1927
A brilliant and unscrupulous engineer builds a machine that gathers heat into a beam able to cut through anything, and sets out to seize power over the world. A fast, adventurous novel about science turned into a weapon and the people who hunt for it.
The Road to Calvary