The novel “Rock” belongs to a rare genre of philosophical fiction today. This book contains not only an exciting plot, but also deep reflections on the fate of human civilization. The captain of the spaceship returns from an interstellar expedition. How will his home planet Iria greet him? After all, five thousand years have passed on it, and a lot could have changed. The meeting of the past and the future cannot but influence the entire further course of history. To save the world from disaster, the heroes will first have to think about eternal questions, make their moral choices, and then act...