Thanks to the discovery of teleportation, instant travel even to neighboring planets became possible. The Antaeus ship has been moving inexorably towards Alpha Cygni for 106 years, and its crew changes every year using teleportation gates. But due to an error in the calculations, the connection with the Earth is unexpectedly severed... The young Doctor Pavlysh, together with the ship’s crew, is faced with a difficult choice - to fly to the goal for 13 years or to return back... The third book in the series about Doctor Pavlysh, including two stories “Thirteen Years of Journey”, “The Great Spirit and the Runaways” and the story “The Gardener in Exile.” Edition with black and white illustrations by Victor Mineev.