He no longer has a name, only a nickname - Nick Severyanin. He is a grabber, a semi-legal prospector on the distant planet Avalon, devastated by war. His search for a cure for his terminally ill wife inevitably involves him in secret operations of the military space forces, trying to penetrate the last unsolved mystery of the planet. A responsible mission - or just an attempt to find yourself? No one knows what will happen to the daredevil who dared to penetrate beyond the Death Line, into that mysterious world where earthlings have not had access until now. After all, the earthly authorities diligently hid the truth about the secrets of Avalon from everyone.