Zvijezdina gora
A traveller in the African desert encounters a dying European who reveals the secret of a hidden kingdom descended from Martians. The search for this unknown civilisation becomes a dangerous adventure.
Travelling through unexplored regions of Africa, an adventurer encounters a dying European. Before his death, the stranger reveals an extraordinary secret: beyond an almost inaccessible desert lies a kingdom inhabited by descendants of Martians, whose ancestors reached Earth in the late thirteenth century. His revelation launches a search for a world concealed from the rest of humanity.
Valery Bryusov’s Zvijezdina gora combines an expedition narrative with early science fiction. Discovering an isolated civilisation brings encounters with unfamiliar customs, structures of power and dangers the traveller must learn to understand. Curiosity draws him further into the unknown, where each discovery changes the meaning of what came before.
Written between 1895 and 1899, the novel belongs to an early period of literary speculation about contact between Earth and Mars. Bryusov joins the lost-world adventure with the idea of extraterrestrial ancestry, placing a cosmic mystery within a terrestrial landscape.
Secrecy, exploration and contact with an unfamiliar society drive this journey beyond the boundaries of the known world. It offers an intriguing read for admirers of classic adventure fiction and anyone interested in the beginnings of Russian science fiction.
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