The destruction of the Flow, a natural phenomenon without which it is impossible to travel throughout the Universe, led to the fact that the planet Edge was completely cut off from the Core, the central planet of the Holy Empire of the Interdependent States and the Trade Guilds. The same fate awaits other inhabited worlds. Will humanity be able to survive if the worlds are isolated from each other? To answer this question, a group of physicists, accompanied by armed guards, is sent to Dalasisla, a planet cut off from the Flow several centuries ago, but for unknown reasons has become accessible again. “All-Consuming Fire” is a continuation of a new large-scale space opera from one of the brightest to date masters of world fiction.