The novel’s hero, Nick Lambert—born and raised in the state of OAM (Association of Englisher Worlds), after going through many dangerous adventures, including being captured by the uraians and the people with grey faces (maybe they aren’t even people at all), ends up in a distant region of space where the Primar Empire is located. Here he feels at home, which is only natural. Primars are people, one branch of the scattered human race that spread across the cosmos. From Nick, they learn of the existence of the Other Branch, as they call it…
Meanwhile, the uraians are taking one planet after another. A brutal war is raging between the primars and the uraians. The intelligence service of the primars decides to establish contact with OAM. Nick Lambert, who has joined the ranks of the “corsairs,” is assigned a decisive role in this plan. Fate brings him together with Edgar Huberth, because of whom, once upon a time, Nick found himself on the brink of destruction. Now they are allies…