The threat from Vega! Lieutenant Jeremy Thorpe's ship is attacked. Thorpe and the rest of the crew leave the dying starship and go on a lifeboat into hyperspace. Fate brings earthlings to the strange planet Lodor, inhabited exclusively by women. Where did the male population go? Why do women hate men as much as they hate vegans? How to report an accident to Earth? But first you need to win over the warlike Lodorians, who have one “weakness” - the radio!..