...For a very short time, Jack Markoff enjoyed a quiet life. Circumstances force him to return to the planet he wanted to leave forever - his native Earth. After all, who, if not him, can the aliens entrust the search for two missing Law Enforcement Service employees on Earth? And again he begins to unravel the tangle of another, no less grandiose conspiracy. And again, against his will, he finds himself in a situation where the fate of humanity depends on his actions... and the person to whom he promised to come to the aid at the first call.