The Yom Kippur War swept over the Earth like a firestorm, destroying civilization overnight. Centuries passed before peoples and countries began to revive, among which the leading position was occupied by the Maurai Federation, spread across countless islands of the Pacific Ocean and ruling based on biotechnology. But, it seems, humanity has not learned anything... Will the crown Captain of Skyholm Iern, the New Zealand scout Terai and the beautiful Ronika from the Northwestern Union manage to prevent a new destructive war, the reader will learn from Poul Anderson's novel “Orion Will Ascend.” Contents: From the publisher Orion Will Ascend, novel , translation from English by Yu. Sokolov