The StoryThe 24th century is a depressing time. Nuclear power is still the most common energy source, and the carelessness of the human beings has led to that practically the whole earth is contaminated with radiation. Now, the United States have initialised an evacuation programme to Mars. But there is one feature in this programme that the recently resurrected Soviet Union cannot accept: no citizens of countries with communist governments are allowed on Mars. Since parliamentary methods are no use on the American hyper-nation, which controls 85% of the earth core, the Soviets must resort to guerilla tactics. About 24 years before, in a pig-sty somewhere in Kazakhstan, yet another mutated piglet was born. But this one was special: it was built like a human, and possessed super-human intelligence. Soon it was taken care of by the KGB, and in their test laboratories the piglet's extraordinary talents for space travel were soon discovered ...
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