Yulia Tsyplenkova is known primarily as an author of romantic fantasy and science fiction. But the trilogy presented here belongs more to space opera. At the same time, this adventurous cycle touches serious social and moral issues. Colonel Georg Sattor, in pursuit of space pirates, meets on one of the remote planets a boy whose family has died—just like all the residents of their village. The colonel decides to adopt the orphan. The fates of two people from different worlds and eras become intertwined… In the second book of the trilogy, Rick has grown up. Now he is an academy cadet, dreaming of a brilliant military career. However, a dispute between his faithful friend and their classmates pulls the boys into illegal races, which will radically change their lives. Details are in the audiobook.