The main character comes to his senses on board a helicopter that crashed in the forest. He doesn't remember who he is or where he is. But even when his memory returns and he learns that he is on an alien planet with an important mission, he cannot shake the feeling of the unreality of what is happening. Something strange is happening in the forest that covers the entire surface of the planet. Why doesn't anyone in his squad notice that the seasons here change overnight? Why do they behave so strangely and get confused about the facts? Why does the whole story about a fugitive on an alien planet seem so implausible? And why can’t he get rid of the feeling that everything that’s happening around him is nothing more than a performance staged with one single purpose - to hide the terrible truth from him?