He is a hero of the galactic war, who lost his right arm in battle and was forced to become a humble flight engineer on an elite space battleship... but this is the official version. In reality, the elite battleship "Africa" is an old trough, not really capable of flying a couple of times parsecs... and the modest flight engineer is a dashing guy, very pleased with his new dust-free job and his new, implanted arm! But... if only he knew what would happen next! And then - dizzying space adventures, pirates, non-humanoid aliens, traitors, religious fanatics... and the devil knows what else. And all this will have to be dealt with by Peter Raeder, a daring star pilot of the distant future!..