Among the planets of Hermeticon, Mensala has been considered one of the most terrible and bloody for over twenty-odd years. Pain seeps into everything and death is overflowing. Mensala’s wealth became its curse, the world—war, and fear and hatred—the motto. But it is here, far from everyone, in complete secrecy, that an engineer named Holm decided to conduct tests of his incredible invention.
And just imagine what a twist—fate dumped Pavel Gatov and Andreas O. Merse right onto Mensala. They were hunted by both the galianites, and local bandits, and old acquaintance Rudi Yorzhchik…