Year 2380. Humanity mastered the technology of rejuvenation and learned to live forever.
The Interstellar Commonwealth already unites more than 600 planets inhabited by people and connected to one another by a network of faster-than-light transitions called wormholes. However, in this perfect future world, something unbelievable happens: two neighboring stars, located a thousand light-years away from the Commonwealth, suddenly disappear. Scientists conclude that some technologically advanced civilization built a gigantic shell around each of the two star systems.
But for what purpose? Is it an attempt to protect themselves from an external threat—or, on the contrary, a need to isolate a treacherous enemy? To find the truth, the spaceship “Second Chance” is sent to the vanished stars.
But what if it’s actually more complicated—and more dangerous—than it seems?