The civil war in the galaxy is gradually fading away - the Holy Church and the Great Houses are slowly accumulating strength in order to meet in a new battle for the possession of the vacated Throne. A small advertisement that caught the eye of the leader of the revived Brotherhood, Sam Lucius, leads his ship to an outlying planet under the rule of clergy, who, as it turned out, not only produce prohibited electronic components, but are also conducting experiments on creating combat machines, connecting living people with dead ones. matter. Space and ground battles, virtual worlds, betrayal and intrigue - all this in the third book of the Mark of the Basilisk series, Brotherhood: Scorched.