When the era of conquering the stars was just beginning, Abigail Gentian divided herself into a thousand male and female clones and called them Shatterlings. Over the course of six million years, the Shutterlings acquired the highest technology, the fastest ships, and the most powerful weapons. With the help of relativistic speeds and cryosleep, these people learned to manipulate time, and compared to the rest of humanity, they are now immortal - they are compared to worms that crawled through the pages of history. For young civilizations, they are like gods - they can save a star from an explosion, move a planet, revive the economy of the whole world. But recently, a certain force has appeared in the Universe, seeking to destroy the Gentian offspring. To repel this merciless enemy, the Shutterlings must first unravel its secret. In addition to “The House of the Suns,” the book includes two stories that are plot-wise adjacent to it and tell about the past and future of some of the novel’s heroes. They are published in Russian for the first time.