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The book consists of two unequal parts: "Gods and Mechanisms" (larger), "Mechanisms and Gods" (smaller). The first part consists of two novellas: "Operation 'Burning Bush'" and "The Zenith Codes of Al-Efesbi". The second part consists of three short stories: "The Contemplator of Shadows", "Thagi", and "The Hotel of Good Incarnations".