The events described in the book unfold in the “Commonwealth Realms.” A descendant of settlers from Earth, due to the twists of fate, ends up in all sorts of scrapes, steadfastly overcoming them, surrounding himself with loyal comrades and battle girlfriends. His path is thorny, interesting, and full of the most unexpected turns. The narrative includes all the hallmarks of this genre: neural networks, gifted individuals, space ships and their upgrades, knowledge bases, mysterious creatures, alien races, and so on, and so forth.