The fifth book in the series. Max Grai turned into a mutant after all. But along with changes in the body, changes in consciousness also occur. Or is it just growing up? Who knows... But now he knows for sure that he can do everything himself. Without waiting for anyone's help... But in the Commonwealth there are completely different problems. Torn by internal contradictions, after the departure of the arches, it barely stays on the brink of civil war. But it does not have time to slide into a bloody civil strife... From the depths of space... From the dark distances, armadas of Dravidian ships are coming. No one remembers that such a race existed... But they have not forgotten... And they are going to take revenge.