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The Time Wanderers
''The Time Wanderers'' (also known as ''The Waves Extinguish the Wind''; (ロシア語:Волны гасят ветер, ''Volny gasiat veter'')) is a 1985 science fiction novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe. The book is narrated by Maxim Kammerer, and tells the story of ''The Great Revelation''.
== Plot summary ==
The principal characters are Maxim Kammerer and Toivo Glumov, both working for an organization which investigates "Unexplained Events" (UEs). Their investigation of a series of events leads them to believe that they are witnesses to a new action by the Wanderers.
After much investigation, the UEs are discovered to be the work of a secret society called the Ludens. They claim to have chosen this name for themselves as a derivative of the Russian word ''lyudi'' "humans", "people" with several semi-jocular allusions such as the popular Latin phrase ''Homo Ludens'' "the Playing Man" and an anagram of the Russian word ''nelyudi'' "inhuman people" (as they believe they are regarded by some "ordinary" humans). The Ludens are born human, but possess latent mental powers far beyond those of normal humans. They view themselves as a distinct race, and claim to have "different interests" from humanity at large, in some instances claiming to be above traditional human morality. The Ludens routinely conduct experiments on humans and alter their minds in order to further their own means.
Kammerer and Glumov's investigation unmasks the Ludens, and they are made public in what would later be called "The Great Revelation". At the end of the novel, the Ludens discover that Glumov himself has the capacity to become a Luden, and Glumov must decide whether or not to join their race. Glumov at first states that to join the Ludens would be a betrayal of his family, friends, and civilization. The book ends on a sinister note, with Glumov becoming a member of the Luden group, the implication being that he was coerced. Indeed, the story is told as Maxim's memoir, his sole intent in writing it being to clear up the story of Glumov: another source (in the fictional setting) had implied that Glumov was in the Luden group all along.
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