For hundreds of years now, there has been a war between the Primar Empire and Uraya - states consisting of many planets. Gradually, more and more worlds are being drawn into this war. The Urai people call one of them the Country of Barbarians. It is from there that the Primar “corsair” Nick Lambert comes from. Together with two comrades, he goes on his next mission deep behind the lines of the Urayans - it is necessary to deprive the enemy of a source of extremely important materials. The task is so dangerous and difficult that there is practically no hope of return, and it was not foreseen by the authorities. But intelligence and courage sometimes make the impossible possible...