A philosophical and dramatic novel that was also adapted into a movie by Vladimir Khotinenko.
Humans live underground on Astire, mining minerals for immortality. Suddenly, communication with remote settlements is cut off. Teams sent to investigate disappear without a trace. The protagonists eventually realize they are facing a biological threat—a "Swarm"—unlike anything humanity has ever seen. roi skachat knigu besplatno
He discovers that the Swarm is not mindless but has a specialized "intelligence" caste that only awakens when the hive is threatened by external parasites (like humans). The Swarm eventually captures him, explaining that they have absorbed countless "intelligent" civilizations over millions of years by turning them into mindless symbionts. A philosophical and dramatic novel that was also
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