On a planet in a world linked to Earth—torn apart by wars, shattered by vibration shells and powerful meteogenerators—the dictator Gamov has stopped the war with a firm hand. As if behind him, like two wings, stand two ministers—Terroor and Mercy. Praised and cursed, loved and hated, inventing incredible mocking executions for his opponents, yet saving the children of his enemies at the cost of his own people’s hunger—he organizes a trial of himself for all the evil he has done, striving for the common good. And, speaking through the mouth of Minister Terroor, he sentences himself to death…