For his birthday, his grandchildren gave Vladislav Inozemtsev and his old friend Radiai Ryzhov—rocket scientists who stood at the origins of the era of space exploration—a truly royal gift: a trip to Baikonur, where their youth had passed. But the journey into the past turned out to be anything but joyful: both the city and the spaceport were in a deplorable state. Then came the unforgivable—Radii’s former colleague, who was planning to pass him certain secret information, was killed. And that wasn’t the last crime Viсa Inozemtseva’s granddaughter would have to uncover. The only question is: are the murders connected to astronautics?