In remote regions of the Arctic, mysterious gigantic water “tumors” have been discovered—things that contradict all laws of terrestrial physics. The expeditions sent to study them unexpectedly meet serious resistance. Someone is very interested in ensuring that “the drops,” or what they hide beneath them, becomes known as little as possible. The Guardians of the Russian Line, assuming that what happened is connected to the Geocrator—a system of dark forces claiming the planet’s supreme power and the destruction of Russia—send their best fighters to the artifacts: Andrey Danilin, Gordey Buy-Tur, and Vladislav Tarasov. But no one yet knows how much is at stake this time against the opponents of Earth’s bright future, or how fiercely they will fight…