People went into deep space, but expanding the limits of habitat did not make the life of mankind calmer. Once again, it became crowded between two systems: totalitarian, built on a rigid ideological basis, and democratic, where everything has its price. Democracy has won, but centuries later, the last of the losers, the Vikings, are preparing to take revenge. All this time they have been strengthening and expanding their state, and now they have something to surprise the “traders”. But everything went wrong. For the first time in history, humanity is in danger of losing its hegemony. There are only two places in this race: first and last. The loser is eliminated.