The works included in this volume, different in ideas and plot, are united by the period of their writing: these are the first years of the Second World War, a time of anxiety for the fate of the world, for the future and present of humanity - anxiety that gripped people on both sides of the ocean The idea of the story “The Sixth Column” was inspired by the author’s military expansion of Japan in the Far East. The events of the book take place in US territories occupied by a pan-Asian empire that has already captured all of Eurasia, including the USSR. The only place where the enemy did not reach was a scientific center in the mountains of Colorado. From there, its employees and the remnants of the army will have to lead the resistance to the invaders... The action of the novel “There Beyond” (Hugo Award) is transferred to the distant future. America is the center of civilization, a society based on total genetic control and the ideas of liberalism. This is the official setting. The hidden goal of development is to develop a superman... The story “The Lost Heritage” talks about the secret possibilities that a person is capable of revealing in himself if his mind is used one hundred percent. And about whether everyone would like it if people turn into demigods... In this edition, the translation of the works has been revised and given in a new edition.