Gliese has always been considered one of the best planets for colonization. It’s very much like Earth: stable atmosphere, water, flora and fauna. And even the colonial ship headed there was hardly damaged during landing. Everything should have worked out—and it didn’t. There are no settlements on Gliese and never have been, and thousands of people simply disappeared. Why? Because on Gliese there is its own intelligent life—and it turned out not to be at all happy about the newcomers.