Georgy Odintsov, a colonel of the Russian army, as a result of a unique experiment ends up on the Other Side of Heaven - on an unknown planet, in another reality, the world of Aiden. Here, on the continents of the North, the Middle Ages reign, and on the Southern continent, a powerful, mysterious civilization flourishes, separated from the northern barbarians by an irresistible equatorial current and centuries of technological progress. Colonel Odintsov, an adventurer and adventurer by nature, sets off on a dangerous and hardship journey to the South. However, within the first hundred miles, his ship is wrecked, and Odintsov has to fight for his life with the troglodyte islanders, whose gastronomic habits cast doubt on the success of the planned enterprise...