The Earth has long been turned into a beautiful and inaccessible home for humanity, inaccessible because “a piece of its surface, sufficient to stand with both feet, could not be earned by a mere mortal in a hundred lifetimes.” But the dream of Earth lives in the heart of every person, and when the opportunity to buy a plot on the planet arises, Captain Victor Hayworth takes on a dangerous, but very successful job: transporting a valuable asteroid. But you will have to pay for success with the happiness of your family... The story was published in the collection “Harmful Profession.” M.: Eksmo, 2008.