They are here. They are close. Sometimes at arm's length. They're watching us. They are always at the start. Their hunger is insatiable. And only the fragile Barrier of Balance between the almost merged parallels holds back the hordes of otherworldly creatures. Alas, sometimes breakthroughs happen, and then the last barrier between people and monsters becomes teams of clairvoyants. Sergei had a bad day in the morning. First, over a trifle, he quarreled with his dorm neighbor, then he almost got hit by the wheels of a passing car... And a little later he found himself ringed by the Personal Ring of Development, and a scribe burst into his quiet life.