The gates of Abaddon. Sibola fire. The abyss of survival. Corey J.

In the orbit of Uranus, a giant miraculous formation in the form of a ring suddenly appears, which attracts general attention. However, curiosity is replaced by a real panic when a spaceship disappears without a trace in a mysterious ring. Where did he go? What caused such an anomaly? And what is actually on the other side of these hellish gates? Scientists, journalists and military from the Earth and Mars go to the ring to explore the mysterious object. Among other ships of this vast flotilla, Rosinant is also under the command of James Holden. While the messengers of the human race are trying to determine whether the ring opens up new opportunities or is fraught with a threat, Holden has to face a much more serious danger...

the opening of the portals, the so -called gate, entailed a mass colonization of new worlds. Thousands of people rushed in search of a better life. However, independent immigrants had to face a powerful corporation, which received a license to study unknown territories. On the distant planet, Ilos flared up a real war threatening to spread to the very ground. James Holden and the team of his ship "Rosinant" is instructed to go to Ilos and try to stop the bloodshed. But the more Holden reflects on what is happening, the stronger it seems to him that this mission is doomed to failure. Meanwhile, the dead of the dead man informs him that the great civilization that once lived on this planet disappeared. And that she was ruthlessly destroyed...

The collection also includes a new translation of the novel “The Ground of Survival”.