The second part of the large-scale “Metaplanetary Trilogy” in the space opera genre. An amazing picture of the distant future of the solar system, where the Met (a system of space cables, planetary elevators, etc.) connects the inner planets, and people instantly communicate across incredible distances thanks to the grist - nanotechnological structure that permeates space. Numerous characters in the novel live here: people, computer programs, complex combinations of both. Here, a war is waged between the inner planets, ruled by the tyrannical Ames, and the forces of the outer planets under the command of the rebel Colonel Roger Sherman...(According to Publishers Weekly annotation).