The Air Seller

In a world where the winds are mysteriously converging on a frozen Siberian city, renowned meteorologist Georgy Klimenko ventures into the icy depths of Yakutia to uncover a strange phenomenon. There, he encounters a hidden city beneath the permafrost, run by an English industrialist who has mastered the art of compressing and selling the Earth's air. Originally published in 1929 by Alexander Belyaev, the story explores a daring proposal to privatize a vital natural resource and the consequences of one man's calculated rise to power.