What made Vikki Green, a writer of popular novels, a wealthy and famous person, subject herself to a voluntary memory erasure procedure? Perhaps this question would have hung in the air if, shortly before the inexplicable decision of the writer, Alex Benedict, a dealer in space antiques, had not received a letter filled with despair from her asking for help. To establish the truth, Alex flies to Saud Dalniy, a planet literally located on the edge of the galaxy, where the writer collected material for her next novel...Published in Russian for the first time.