One Step from Home

One step away from the goal. Reach out for the key that leads home—and grab emptiness.

There are trophies. And by local standards, they’re quite rich. But the most important thing is missing. The way back to Earth of the twenty-first century is closed.

To be honest, he likes it here. A world that is nearly dead has taken the path of rebirth. Open and sparsely populated frontiers. Hostile nomads and mountaineers. Adrenaline, burning through the veins. In these places, a person sheds the shell of “civilization,” revealing their true essence. All of this is close to Borodin. But he can’t stand it when someone else decides his fate and makes choices for him. And he also doesn’t like to lose.

The first round remained with the puppeteers. Well then—welcome to the second. The shaman is ready to go all the way. He found one base of the puppeteers—he’ll find the other. So these guys’ troubles haven’t ended yet. They’re only just beginning.