Eleven years have passed since the death of Mechislav Molotov. The Ark lives, ruled by other people—marionettes in the hands of the “gray cardinal.” They care only about their own profit and power, promoting the interests of the indigenous population.
But a new storm is approaching: a lost fleet of the Fallen is heading toward the planet, and now on the scales are freedom and the lives of all the inhabitants of the planet Thorn. Will there be someone who can stand against the fragments of the ancient Empire? Or is this the end of the experiment, and those who survive this war will envy the dead?