The monumental sci-fi classic by Jean-Claude Forest as a bibliophile reissue! Back on Earth after being frozen in space for 1,000 years, a man is once again forced to send himself into exile and face countless scourges. The reissue of a cult work of science fiction! The story: Towards the end of the 20th century, a terrible plague threatens humanity. Fearing they cannot eradicate it, scientists send a man and a woman frozen into space, on an orbit that will bring them past Earth every 125 years. Protected from the aging process, they hold on to the hope of one day repopulating Earth. In the year 2990, our descendants finally retrieve the oval crystal from Chris, check it, and bring it back to Earth to revive it. The magnetic.