This book is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy. Long ago, the story of the Strugatsky brothers “It’s Hard to Be a God” wouldn’t let me go. I wrote my own version—I won’t hide that. The heroes of the book return to space. The main heroine gets a chance to know her nature better and to carry out a risky experiment on herself—to become a different person. A difficult decision turns into an unexpected stream of events for her—from comical to dangerous, in conditions far removed from the realities of her past and future.