A soldier of the Damon Directorate army—Alex Yankovsky—gets wounded in battle, along with an honorable discharge. It would seem that now he gets peaceful days in paradise. But he can’t simply rest. An assassination attempt, a chase, and escape from his home planet on a shuttle packed with thugs and criminals—all of it falls on the head of the retired sergeant like a huge snowball. Why does the state he served start hunting him? Who are his mysterious rescuers? What happens next? These are the questions our story’s hero will have to figure out.