Kadvol. Planet of the Scarlet Rose system in the Whiplash Mircea star cluster. It has been declared a nature reserve forever and is closed to human exploitation.

Araminta Station. A colony of Earthlings on Cadwall, which arose as an agency for the protection of a protected area, but after several centuries turned into an almost medieval system of Houses: House Wouk, House Klattuk, House Weder, House Diffin, House Naverty and House Offow.

Glauen Klattuk. A young man who does not yet know HOW he is destined to change both the fate of the Araminta station and the fate of the planet Cadvol.

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