From 1949, Joseph Schwartz finds himself in the world of the distant future - the heyday of the Galactic Empire. As a result of ancient thermonuclear wars, the surface of the Earth became radioactive and uninhabitable. At the same time, people settled throughout the Galaxy and forgot about their cradle. The earth is just a pebble in the sky. Now all of humanity lives under the control of the planet Trantor, which controls two hundred million stars. But nationalist sentiments are still alive on Earth; some earthlings want to regain the power of their ancestors. One of the revanchist groups is preparing a weapon capable of devastating the entire Galaxy. Schwartz, as fate would have it, finds himself at the very center of a conspiracy...Corrections from 02.23.2020