Did you live well on Earth? Did you have a good and highly paid job? Did you like going to the mountains alone? Maxim was just such an inhabitant of our planet, enjoying life. And then suddenly I came to my senses on board an alien slave raider with a slave collar - what a blow of fate! I had to accept an offer that I couldn’t refuse: do you want to become a free citizen of the Commonwealth? Work for us for fifteen years in a forgotten empty star system...

Brain symbionts, artificial intelligence, battle droids, advanced alien technology, fantastic local medicine that works miracles - our hero saw and felt all this. But the main thing: advanced technology for obtaining knowledge and professions in this world - everything is much simpler and faster. Max decides to become a pro using such technologies, but the desire to escape is stronger...