Today, Russian authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are counted among the best science fiction writers of the twentieth century. This new edition by lauded translator Olena Bormashenko continues the collection of works that encompass the story of the Noon Universe.

Beetle in the Anthill finds Maxim Kammerer now an investigator for COMCON-2. He is tasked with tracking Lev Abalkin, who has returned to Earth and may pose a grave threat to humanity–or may not.