He is wanted by the Bureau of Galactic Security and pursued by the interplanetary mafia, because he, Ivan Streltsov, is the only surviving Reader, a system genius, a cyber programmer capable of working with arrays of information using a reliable and unique tool - his own brain. For him there are no insurmountable codes, which means there are no secrets or unsolvable problems. He, an indispensable fighter on the fronts of virtual wars, is needed by everyone. But Streltsov has his own path and his own war, and his enemy is much more powerful and dangerous than people think.