The Seller of Air

Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (1884 - 1942) — a classic of domestic science fiction, combining an adventurous plot with anticipation of scientific discoveries. The novel "The Seller of Air" tells of the confrontation between meteorologist Klimenko and the commercially ambitious merchant Bailey, who learned to liquefy air from the atmosphere. Thus, air becomes a commodity, and the climate on Earth changes, leaving people in acute need of air. The book also includes the story "The Last Man from Atlantis," which reveals the mystery of the mysterious continent Atlantis, which disappeared in the depths of the world's ocean, whose inhabitants possessed knowledge and technologies far surpassing the modern ones.