Beetle in an anthill (audiobook mp3)

The plot is based on an exciting detective investigation of the "Cubes of Subbits", thirteen human embryos found in the sarcophagus on the nameless planet. All children were born on October 6, 2138. The commission, created to study them, suggested that "captures" can carry a hidden program embedded in the super -cyvivation of wanderers and to pose a potential danger ...
As always in the Strugatsky, there are deep ethical and philosophical problems behind external fascination. Who are "foundations"? "Beetles in the anthill" or "ferrets in the chicken coop"? Does society have the right to sacrifice human life in order to maintain its safety? How to find a compromise between the principles of humanism and care about the interests of all mankind?
The total sound time: 8 hours 15 minutes