If you take a closer look, Earth is quite small, and the Arctic is not far from Antarctica. At least in the fate of Colonel Verbov, they stand side by side—both in time and in the goals of his special group’s new raid. In the area of the North Pole, an artifact has been found resembling the one discovered in the subglacial Lake Vostok. That’s why its study is entrusted to divers and officers who perfectly carried out the previous mission. The situation is complicated by the fact that Russia’s strategic rivals apparently have no intention of backing down this time as well, and to seize the mysterious tool for changing reality created by the ancient Hyperboreans, they are ready to act with the dirtiest methods—and even unleash war. Author’s website: www.golovachev.ru