Times are changing... Reactor spaceships chugging steam from their pipes are displacing wooden solar sailboats from the battlefields. The first reactor carriers are running along the rails. City streets, instead of the yellow light of fluorescent lamps, are illuminated by the glow of electric lamps. The young naval officer Raymond Fock Arkenau, however, has no time for global changes in the face of the world. Accused of an assassination attempt on his own commander, he is forced to go on the run, without even a clear goal. Staying free as long as possible is all he can hope for. However, he is not the only one interested in the assassination case. Something is fishy here—both Raymond’s commander and one of the secret police investigators see it. Perhaps the fugitive still has a chance?.. From the author: My very first and oldest completed novel. A little naive, a little clumsy, but more courageous than the current ones.