Poka Robert Oppengeymer i ego komanda po Manhettenskomu proektu byutsya nad sozdaniem atomnoy bomby, Edvard Teller mechtaet o esche bolee razrushitelnom oruzhii, osnovannom na yadernom sinteze - mehanizme, kotoryy pitaet Solntse.
Issledovaniya Tellera privodyat k uzhasayuschemu otkrytiyu: k 2030 godu Solntse vybrosit svoy vneshniy sloy, unichtozhiv Zemlyu.
Posle bombardirovki Yaponii i kontsa voyny komanda Oppengeymera, a takzhe Albert Eynshteyn i Verner fon Braun obedinyayutsya - velichayshie nauchnye genii proshlogo veka nachinayut voynu so vremenem, chtoby spasti nashe buduschee.
Napolnennyy tschatelnymi issledovaniyami i nasyschennyy realnymi personazhami, roman «Oppengeymer. Alternativa» - eto zahvatyvayuschee duh priklyuchenie v realnoy i alternativnoy istorii.