It is a classic children's SF novel in the manner of Verne's Mysterious Island, a little compositionally disorganized, full of slogans, but readable...
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Canyons of Night (2011) by Jayne Castle (pseudonym Jayne Ann Krentz) is the third and final novel in the "Mirror" trilogy. Typical of Castle/Krentz: a strong heroine, a protective hero, psi-energy, mystery, and light eroticism.
The atmosphere seems dark and tense, with themes of the collapse of civilization, fear of the unknown, and the conflict between science and superstition.
The Parakkans are fighting fiercely. Aurin has increased patrols. The captured Ryushi has privileges not granted to a prisoner about to be executed. Corm is furious.
This is a book for anyone who wants to ask themselves about the future of a world in which power, concentrated in the hands of an ever-narrower circle of people, attempts to destroy or marginalize everything that is different.
A popular science work in which Asimov, combining scientific rigor with a lucid style, explores possible threats to the survival of humanity, systematizing disasters according to their nature and probability.
The motif that Nesvadba has already used in a science fiction context, the FALSIFICATION OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND, in "The Showdown with Doctor Dong" serves as a starting point for questioning the RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.