The title of this novel is truly symbolic, for its author declared himself as a successor to the best traditions of the Golden Age of SF and, above all, such recognized luminaries of the genre as Alfred Van Vogt and Roger Zelazny. The universe of the future, created by the imagination of John Wright, is a very special world, a kind of matrix where not only people live, but also other forms of life with artificial intelligence. Thanks to the unexpected ideas of the author and their magnificent, truly poetic embodiment in an unusually dynamic and eventful plot, “The Golden Age” has become a sensation in the world of science fiction and science fiction fans was called by critics “the first space opera of the 21st century.”