Жук в муравейнике

Posle missii Maksima Kammerera na planete Saraksh proshlo 20 let. Teperʹ on rabotaet na Zemle, v KOMKONe-2. Ego ocherednoe zadanie - razyskatʹ progressora Lʹva Abalkina, samovolʹno pokinuvshego Saraksh, no proignorirovavshego trebovanie zaregistrirovatʹsi͡a na Zemle. Vstrechi Kammerera so znakomymi Abalkina vskryvai͡ut taĭnu, sposobnui͡u nanesti serʹeznyĭ vred ne tolʹko okruzhai͡ushchim ego li͡udi͡am, no i, vozmozhno, vsemu chelovechestvu...

20 years have passed since Maxim Kammerer's mission on the planet Saraksh. Now he works on Earth, in Comcon-2. His next task is to find the progressor Lev Abalkin, who voluntarily left Saraksh, but ignored the requirement to register on Earth. Kammerer's meetings with Abalkin's acquaintances reveal a secret that can cause serious harm not only to the people around him, but also, perhaps, to the whole of humanity...