What do you do if, on the most difficult diplomatic mission, you — a unique specialist in contacts with other worlds — are sent under the protection of an unbearable, rude, and unpredictable Possessed one? And the fate of the Empire depends on the mission's success? The only thing to do is keep calm and not react to provocations.
Veta Chalova, special diplomat of His Imperial Majesty, knows perfectly well: composure and cool-headedness are the best weapons. But will they work this time?