Not long ago, another world war thundered to its end. The victors enjoy the fruits of success, while the defeated thirst for another revanche. Yet destructive chaos threatens to engulf the inhabited corner of the universe again, because of the insatiable dreams of the powerful about world domination.
The usual bonds of the world order are thinning. The once mighty Unified Federation is cracking apart at the seams. The ominous word—“kineжь” (cybernetic undead)—still causes wild fear in all of humanity. And only the shadow of the Keeper, invisibly hanging over the world, knows exactly upon whom the salvation of a civilization that has driven itself into a dead end depends.