Many years have passed since the disaster of the colonial transport Prometheus on the planet Pandora. The descendants of earthlings are forced to survive in daily battles with feral serfs and half-bloods who are merciless like ghouls. On the wreckage of a giant spaceship, “thickets” of temporals grow - energy artifacts of the ancient civilization of the Armachons. Breaking through them is not an easy task. Yegor Bestuzhev and his partner, the replicant Gray, are quite capable of it. Experienced warriors will not be confused by the beauty of the Pandorian night, which only looks quiet and safe...