The cosmos of Alastair Reynolds - the “British Heinlein” - is not kind to those who have settled across it over several centuries, overcoming the earth’s gravity. Here, “star wars” are raging between irreconcilable factions into which humanity is split. Here, the melting plague - a mutation of nano-mechanism viruses - led to complete decline of a high-tech colony, which, thanks to the same viruses, achieved incredible prosperity. Here, pirate ships with crews of genetically modified animals lie in wait for prey, and ultranaut traders - people who have voluntarily turned into cyborgs - will willingly undertake to obtain a living alien monster for a rich snob collector... Thirteen masterfully written novels and stories, thirteen new fragments of a gigantic mysterious mosaic , whose name is “Space of Revelation.” Most of the works included in this book are published in Russian for the first time.