The light fell like a wedge on Diego Peral, a modest fencing teacher. Great Pompilia, the empire of the wolf people, issues an ultimatum: cooperation or slavery? Cold-blooded gematras, human computers, lose their composure as soon as the conversation turns to the maestro: save or liquidate? The genius professor is ready to do anything to ensure that Diego allows himself to be studied. A dead girl screams in space: where are you, Señor Peral? A flock of predatory beasts is prowling the vastness of the galaxy: where are you, Senor Peral?! What's left for the maestro? As in the plays of his famous father - rapier, revenge, love. However, the rapier is no longer quite a rapier, revenge is not quite revenge, and only love remains the same. Oldie's new book is another immersion of the reader into the fantastic worlds of the Ecumene.