Ivan Lozin's platoon was just mastering the road to the stars when Space collapsed on the defenseless Earth. Alien ships were hiding behind a gigantic stream of asteroids, violating all the laws of celestial mechanics. Continents burned, cities turned into ruins, and to the few survivors it seemed that the long-promised end of the world had come. But the desire to survive erases the boundaries between yesterday's enemies, and the courage of the Russian soldier allows him to accomplish the incredible. Victory? However, behind the inexplicable Alien invasion, a monstrous conspiracy was hidden. A worse disaster awaited humanity...