A far future… Changing addresses, cities, and professions, Thomas Brean tries to escape the all-seeing “hunters.” His hopes that he would be forgotten don’t come true—and even an influential friend can no longer help him. Brean finds and loses allies, trades fish, plans a robbery, and gets in the way of bandits. He knows how to confuse trails, but enemies keep multiplying—among them are representatives of other worlds, as well as some mysterious figure from the past. Brean goes for a breakthrough, putting everything at stake, but the result cannot be predicted…