The planet Gwendlan, whose inhabitants rebelled against the Earthly Commonwealth, is destroyed.

The Twelfth Squadron of the Commonwealth Space Fleet brilliantly completed its task.

The starships that survived the last battle with the rebels are sent back, to the Solar System.

However, the battleship Odyssey, which was supporting the squadron, having made a routine hyperspace jump, for some reason ended up in a completely different star system, unknown to earthling researchers.

Captain Igor Vikhrov is confident : what is happening is part of the plan of the rebels who are trying to conduct an experiment on the crew of the battleship.

However, what is the essence of this experiment?

And how is it connected with the mysterious disease that affects the starships one after another?< /p>

Read the new novel by the famous Russian science fiction writer Evgeny Malinin - the continuation of the popular “Mutiny”!