Amphibian Man. Belyaev A.

The works of Alexander Belyaev included in this book are united by the topic of marine wanderings, underwater research and risky adventures in the ocean spaces. In the “Last Man from Atlantis” (1925), the New York manufacturer Mr. Sollie, the scientific expedition with the aim of finding the legendary island state, once described in Plato’s dialogs... In the “Island of the Dead Ships” (1927), the transatlantic steamer affected “Benjamin Franklin” with three passengers remaining on board - an arrested criminal who escapes him in the United States by the detective and young daughter of a billionaire - falls into the standing waters of the Sargasso Sea, the crash of vessels, which, oddly enough, turns out to be inhabited... The main character is the main character The novel “Ampibbum Man” (1928) is certainly the most famous character of Belyaevsky prose-as a result of a daring experiment, carried out once by his foster father, the Argentine surgeon Salvator, gained the ability to live in the water element, which gives him harmony with nature and a meeting with the beautiful Guttiere and at the same time becomes his curse, forever separating an amphibian man from his lover and a human race.