The Ark of Salvation Expanding its possessions, conquering more and more new stars, humanity was divided into rival factions. In the twenty-sixth century, articulator collectivists are fighting against supporters of “democratic anarchy.” When it seems that victory is already close, the articulators discover in space an approaching swarm of ancient thinking machines that call themselves inhibitors and consider their main task to be the destruction of any biological intelligence. The Joiners do not believe that they will be able to withstand the onslaught of this new enemy, and intend to escape, exposing all other human tribes to the attack of the inhibitors. Only one of them, the old warrior Clavain, chooses to stay behind to organize a desperate resistance... The Chasm of Redemption If a new form of life appears in the Universe and reaches a certain threshold of intelligence, it is mercilessly dealt with by the inhibitors, the ancient cleansers of the cosmos. Now humanity is under their attack. Fleeing from an armada of killer machines, thousands of refugees, led by a veteran of many wars, Clavain, founded a colony on the ocean planet, which was named Ararat. But death came here too. And when it seemed that everything was over, an unexpected guest descended from heaven like an angel of vengeance - to martyrize her offender and give others a ghostly chance.