Distant future, an age of space expansion. Deep in space, a colonial starship drifts—sent long ago to search for habitable planets. But due to an inexplicable accident that happened a hundred years ago, the ship turned into a gloomy crypt inhabited by monsters, and most of the survivors no longer believe that there are other worlds beyond the hull.
Yuri Gagarin is a scout—one of those who don’t give up trying to break into the captain’s bridge and return control of the navigation systems to people. Could he have imagined what exactly another trip to the lower decks would become? Could he foresee through what dangers and adventures he would have to go in order to return home? Did he suspect what secrets he would encounter in the Empire of the Milky Way?
We present the first book by the science-fiction writer Denis Burmistrov from the “Empire of the Milky Way” cycle.