Evgeny is a special forces operator with an extraordinarily high IQ. On one of his missions, he found himself in the very heart of the inferno: he suffered a severe injury, nearly died from blood loss and hypothermia. The result—psychological trauma and a fear of the cold that he struggles to handle on his own, carefully hiding that something is wrong with him. And then fate gives him a chance to go to the stars. For everyone on Earth, he is listed as dead, but in reality he receives an assignment to a secret facility, where the most масштабный scientific breakthrough in human history is coming to fruition.
Classic space SF: a meticulously constructed world and carefully thought-out physics of interstellar travel. Earthbound intrigues, wars on a planetary scale, the fight for survival of other civilizations, a little bit of meddling, and superhuman beings that keep ancient secrets.
All at once—at full throttle! Action never sacrifices plausibility, and battle scenes do not go against common sense.