The struggle of two super-civilizations for supremacy in the universe has reached a dead end. Both rivals used all the military and intellectual potential at their disposal. And then one of the opposing sides makes an unexpected and bold move: it invites its allies—a team of five desperate Earthlings. Not wanting to be obedient pawns in someone else’s game, and armed with incredible achievements of alien science and technology, Andrey Novikov and his friends force even the mighty Lords of the Cosmos to reckon with them. And to begin with, they slightly change the course of Earth’s history…