Peter Miller, a scout who decides to help the inventor Helder rescue his daughter Anna, captured by space pirates, does not yet know that the kidnapping of the girl is only part of an extensive plan and that he is fighting a deadly enemy. After all, “improved” killers, each of whom can single-handedly kill the crew of an entire ship, intend to challenge all of humanity and unite to capture newly discovered new planets - the planets of the Edge. The bandits managed to attract even the talented physicist Solana to their side; It seems that now neither the entire star fleet, nor even a handful of scouts can stop them...