The time has come. The main enemy of the Milky Way galaxy began carrying out a plan prepared for more than a thousand years. The first victim was the Protectorate—then the empire of Darkan left Earth for dessert. What can be set against countless hordes of invaders, who are far ahead of humanity in development—an insignificant handful of people and representatives of other races who join their resistance? Most likely, nothing. But as long as there is even a grain of hope in the defenders’ hearts, the war isn’t lost.