Since ancient times, in the vast cosmos there has been a total war between goncurres and savatters. Once they were one people, but the conflict that flared up after the division of the Blue Stars region turned into a long, grinding struggle to exhaust the enemy. Accidentally learning about the existence of a backward and small civilization—the archidoxes—the goncurres began secretly colonizing it. And then, on Tusseno—a planet inhabited by people—its inhabitants started disappearing: first in dozens, then in hundreds and thousands. To penetrate the mystery of the disappearances and confirm suspicions about the involvement of the powerful organization ESO, the police lieutenant Rino Lefler lands as part of a landing team on the planet Maxikola—presumably one of the bases of the people-stealers.