Ruslan Pavlov woke up on board the International Space Station. There is emptiness all around, in the porthole the Earth is covered with strange spots. His partner died in outer space, and the station itself left orbit and is about to burn up in the atmosphere... Before making an emergency landing in the descent module, Ruslan sees the scale of the catastrophe that happened to the planet. He becomes the owner of unique knowledge. Ruslan will have to return to Earth, join the community of those who have awakened in Penza, help his new comrades protect themselves from wild animals and equally dangerous police squads under the leadership of the cruel and merciless Colonel Yurasov. But the main problem is that during While landing, the descent vehicle passed through a strange golden glow, which the astronaut saw from orbit. Ruslan is trying to solve this mystery. But the unusual amber light turns out to be more insidious...