Sandro Tarasov, who went on “educational” work to the wild tribes of the Western continent of the planet Rita, finds himself at the center of a conflict between a tribe of merchants and a tribe of aggressive Urumtu, former cannibals who live in radioactive caves and constantly kidnap women from other tribes. Sandro has to protect merchants and other tribes and do without corpses. The acute conflicts in which Sandro lives among the aborigines spill out among the earthlings. A strong, but short-lived love for one of the brightest women of the earthly community overtakes the hero at this time...