Roger Fork hoped that buying the corvette “Strannik” would be the start of a peaceful life. But fate—what a real bitch—had other plans: instead of exploring deep space, he got a purple-skinned girl with combat implants and amnesia. Kira isn’t just a “sleeping beauty”; she’s a living detonator that everyone is hunting— from pirate gangs to the Imperial intelligence services. Ahead: uncovering the ancient Citadels, upgrading the sarcastic AI Miri to the level of “deity,” and the truth about the King of Dust, who has already begun his great purge.