Alda Mazarin barely graduated from the academy, having received the title of telepath of the space fleet, she could not even imagine that her first task would be the most important project of humanity. Now she and other representatives of a special military corps must return to Earth dozens of colonies scattered across different galaxies. But contact with these colonies was lost more than a century ago, no one knows what they have become. The mission itself is difficult, but Alda faces an additional challenge. She finds out that because of her assignment, the ship's crew broke up with the previous telepath, who had become their good friend. Alda must overcome hostility and mistrust every day to earn her place aboard the Northern Crown.