“Breakthrough” is the first book in the series “The Campaigns of Benedict Spinoza.” All this will happen in a reality where the Interstellar Union will dominate our Galaxy. The captain of the long-range ship “Nan Short Shirt,” Lince McNery, will set out on his next voyage with stops on twenty-eight planets, not yet knowing what, to put it mildly, trouble awaits him almost at the very beginning of the journey. Police Department investigator Sherlock Tumberg will take up another investigation, the most unusual in his practice, and not only his. Tanker-border guard Darius Silva will be able to convince the platoon commander and, together with his partner, will set off on a dangerous journey through the expanses of the Bubble - the lair of the ominous Sheets. And the tank of the new series “Mammoth”, made by the harsh Chelyabians from the planet Uralia, will try not to let us down...