A simple lieutenant, dismissed from the ranks of the Earth's combat space fleet, is offered to become the captain of a private starship - to deliver an archaeological expedition to research sites. But discoveries made by new comrades will force Steve Mycroft to take an active part in a new intergalactic war. A war not only with the armadas of insect invaders rushing towards our worlds, but also against the hidden masters of the human worlds, the existence of which people still did not even suspect. Although they were always close. Because we were created by them as a snack!