The Eyarbarak Empire’s underwater cruiser-catamaran “Kangaroo-Diver” is sent on a combat mission. It must travel far—not just into the hemisphere controlled by the Southern Republic of Brases, but all the way to the southern pole. However, it turns out the enemy isn’t only hiding in deep submersibles of the Antipods. There are completely unplanned difficulties ahead. And storm captain Stat Cosakri will have to think about the purpose of existence of this terrible world—and whether it’s worth trying to save even something of it. He doesn’t know the answer, but a decision still must be made one way or another. Otherwise, someone—or something—will do it for him.