She was sentenced and ordered to be expelled—what could be worse? Inga Kret, who received a verdict of deportation, thought it was the end of her adventures on the Levels: after that—loss of memory, returning to Earth, the same unloved life. But something went wrong. She drew far too much attention from the man in a silvery uniform carrying out the punishment, and something unknown stirred in Inga’s heart. She desperately wanted to return, to get a chance for a second meeting, to persuade the driver to look more closely at the human girl.
And no, she didn’t realize that Commissioner Reed Gerher-Vard, who always executes orders exactly, would break part of the laws for her…
An early morning visit by Elkonto to Bernarda: a request to help free a friend from the War. An unexpected turn of events results in Dane’s companion, Dag Brown, ending up with a teleporter far away from the War, but much closer to Inga Kret—on Earth, in a neighboring settlement.
And even more surprising: these two will meet, and they’ll have to travel a long road side by side, searching for the path that leads back to the Levels.