Unknown, unusual Wells. Not a science fiction writer, not a mystic, not a dreamer - an evil and witty satirist, subtly ironizing the cliches of the classic “family saga”. The story of the emancipated Christina Alberta and her father, obsessed with the occult and seriously believing that that he is the reincarnation of an ancient Sumerian ruler, called upon to return happiness and justice to our world. The novel is published in Russian for the first time - in a magnificent translation by a classic of the Russian translation school, Irina Gurova.