Previously, Earthlings were not accepted into the Interstellar Fleet of the Union, considering them an unreliable, emotionally unstable people incapable of dedicating their lives to high humanistic ideals. Asiya Muratova, a cadet, became one of the first who was given a chance to prove that it wasn’t so.
Having joined the crew of the interstellar ship “Shaman,” she meets the captain’s assistant—an alien of a race unknown to her. Learning his language is the least she can want as a young linguist. But a girl with a soul eager for the stars may wish for much more…