When it became known about the fall of the Near Horizon, no one was surprised: the ship was cheap and old. The surprise came later when it turned out that they were planning to send an unusual rescue mission for the surviving passengers. One of the best combat crews of the space fleet will have to fly to an abandoned planet that has received the wreckage of the ship. This is already strange, and soon the Northern Crown team learns that two more ships with soldiers of a special corps have been allocated to help them. Now everyone is interested in only one question: what secret did the “Close Horizon” take with it to the burning plains of Adran, a planet that once belonged to the Legion?