Vtracheni zori

Al — shtuchna lyudynopodibna istota, vlasnist′ armiyi, chyye zavdannya — sluzhyty bezvidmovnoyu mashynoyu dlya vbyvstva. Vyrushyvshy z komandoyu u cherhovu misiyu do zahadkovoyi planety, dovkola yakoyi obertayut′sya tayemnychi sfery, scho ohortayut′ yiyi nezdolannym zachysnym polem, vin nespodivano otrymuye taku bazhanu svobodu y opynyayet′sya u sviti, scho schozhyy na kazku. Tut zhyvut′ rizni rasy ta narody, scho volodiyut′ nadzvychaynymy vminnyamy, yaki vvazhayut′ mahiyeyu. Al vsiyeyu dusheyu prahne znayty tyche mistse y nareshti pozhyty prostym zhyttyam, yake ne nalezhatyme nikomu, okrim n′oho samoho. Ta nadto lasymy dlya tubil′tsiv ye yoho znannya, zdibnosti i zbroya. Tozh yoho vtyahuyut′ u konflikt, yakyy vyyavlyayet′sya nabahato masshtabnishym ta strashnishym, nizh zdavalosya na pochatku. CHy vdast′sya Alu dopomohty svoyim novym tovarysham zdolaty vorohiv i chy zmozhe vin vreshti zrozumity, chym ye toy svit, kudy vin potrapyv, i yaka pryroda mohutnich pradavnich syl, scho tut panuyut′? Roman Vadyma Panchenka «Vtracheni zori» ye pershoyu chastynoyu trylohiyi «Boh Inderonu» i obitsyaye staye odnym iz naypomitnishych debyutiv roku v naukovo-fantastychnomu zhanri.