Andre Norton lived a long life and managed to create many beautiful works that have long been included in the gold fund of world fiction. For more than half a century, she has been one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. It is no coincidence that Norton’s work was so highly appreciated by the Strugatsky brothers. Norton's rich fantasy and living language has been recognized by millions of readers around the world. In the second volume of the author's selected works, a large conditional "Space Cycle" completely entered, all the works of which are devoted to the development of the distant and mysterious Cosmos, the depths of which still conceal unsolved mysteries.