Michael Flynn, one of the leading modern science fiction writers in the United States, began publishing in the mid-80s in the magazine Analog. His first novel, In the Land of the Blind, a hard-hitting sci-fi techno-thriller with elements of an alternative history, was published in the United States in 1990, instantly noticed by critics and immediately brought the author widespread fame. Now Michael Flynn has already written five books.

The ability to control the future... Science fiction writers rave about it. Scientists dream about her. An excellent topic for a new book by the experienced journalist Sarah Beaumont, who dreams of a Pulitzer Prize! But the people who give Sarah information die under mysterious circumstances. Someone again and again tries to either kill her, or simply intimidate her make her stop. Why? Perhaps because she realized that someone has actually been ruling world history for two hundred years?...Who? How? Why?