The long-awaited continuation of Vadim Panov’s legendary cycle “Enclaves”! A grand experiment at the Naukoma station caused a devastating Catastrophe on Earth. A column of pure energy rushed into space and pierced the planet right through. Mountain ranges collapsed, rivers turned back, the outlines of continents changed, millions of people died - this was the price humanity paid for access to the New Worlds. The surviving and newly created states came together in a fierce battle for the inheritance of the lost civilization. And for access to the Station. And people can only survive as best they can. Bandits drive around remote Siberian villages on all-terrain vehicles and procure meat, without knowing where whose meat is... Young Varvara had to become an involuntary witness to the terrible death of her grandmother, from whom the girl received an extraordinary gift... Mercenary Ilya Weber, on instructions from unknown customers, strives to make his way far to the north in order to uncover the sinister secret of the Kuen Kao station. And the President of the Republic of Siberia, Rostislav Gilyarov, is trying to find a compromise between the needs of the country and the unrelenting pressure of its Chinese neighbors...