This book is a continuation of the fantastic super-action movie by the American writer Michael Gere “Requiem for a Conqueror.” Dassa and Rega, two empires of Free Space - parts of space separated from the rest of the Universe by an impenetrable gravitational barrier, are waging an endless war for dominance over the inhabited worlds. Everything is used: orbital bombing and destruction of subspace communication systems, intrigue and murder, diplomatic games and environmental sabotage. Staffa kar Terma, the lord commander of the mercenaries, having received secret information collected over centuries by the priests of the Seddi order, realizes that this time there will be no winners in the war and its outcome will be the total destruction of humanity. He is trying to stop the unwinding spring of military confrontation and for this he risks the most precious thing he has in life...