The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin

The talented but vain engineer Pyotr Garin invents the hyperboloid — a device capable of emitting a thermal ray of unprecedented power. After fleeing abroad and gaining the support of an unscrupulous American billionaire, Garin attempts to use the hyperboloid to achieve absolute power over the world. But the experienced investigator Shelga intends to stop him. Skeptically received by his contemporaries, “The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin” has easily stood the test of time. The novel has been reissued multiple times and adapted into film twice.