The entire metropolis is enthusiastically watching the first flight of astronauts to the New Horizon base built in Mars orbit. Supervised by the Technology Development Center, the flight should become not just a significant step in space exploration, but also unite a fragmented society. Suddenly an insurmountable problem arises, threatening the flight of the “pilgrims.” Even the Ministry of Defense is puzzled, because the invisible enemy has unimaginable capabilities that no one can resist. A chain of events leads Benjamin Hill to the disappointing conclusion that the current crisis situation is in some unknown way connected with a long-forgotten secret hidden inside the MDGs.