Brait never gives up and keeps to his own path. Finding a way into a new world, he has a chance at a new life—and a chance to intervene in history. A world of cosmic civilization, neural networks, knowledge bases, and starships… A horrific blow from the military forces of the machine civilization makes one of the empires of the Commonwealth tremble in terror. And the culprit is forced to run—because a Hunt has begun for him. In this case, there’s only one thing you can really advise: run, Roman, run!