He was eager to reach the stars, and the stars accepted him, but it did not bring him happiness... More than ten years have passed since our compatriot Kirill passed through the spatial gates, but he never gave up trying to find the way home . Now he is Kir Kerk, one of the free traders of the Torklen Federation, and hundreds of worlds are left behind his spaceship Hera. New adventures await Cyrus Kirk, new friends, new enemies, mysterious patrons and, perhaps, new love. Meanwhile, a series of strange events takes place on a distant Earth...