01 - Potemkin Village by Fletcher Pratt

In the intriguing colony of Tolstoia on Venus, dedicated followers of the 19th-century Russian literary giant, Count Leo Tolstoi, have forged a unique political system that claims to embody a pacifist Utopia. Yet, theres a dark twist those who attempt to leave this seemingly perfect society often find themselves driven to despair. A team of brave heroes and heroines has been dispatched to Tolstoia with a crucial mission to assess whether this community truly represents a Utopia or if it is merely a Potemkin Village, designed to deceive the rest of humanity. Will they uncover the truth behind this mysterious colony and decide its fate in relation to the uninhabited islands nearby? - Summary by Winnifred Assmann