The near future. The days of peace are coming to an end. The earth is unable to provide all its inhabitants with food and other resources. And people are unable to cope with the impending famine. However, the difficulties that should have arisen ahead were, by the will of fate, relegated to the background. On a seemingly ordinary summer day, something unusual happened. What some were afraid of, some were waiting for, and some simply did not believe in it. The earthlings learned that they were not alone in the universe and were horrified, deciding that the guests of our planet wanted to conquer or destroy us. However, people were mistaken - the aliens’ goal turned out to be completely different, which no one could even think about. The main characters of the book are ordinary people: men and women, parents and children. They were not fearless warriors.