Many people dream of going to distant stars. But they hardly want to travel in the hold of a space slaver ship in the form of frozen meat. But only in this way can earthlings get into the Galactic Commonwealth. Most of them, of course, face an unenviable fate, but some lucky ones are still lucky enough to gain freedom, and then limitless opportunities open up before them. So our hero managed to escape the slave collar. But it was not the valiant patrolmen of the Artran Empire who saved him, but the space pirates who made him an offer that he could not refuse. So he had to join their friendly team and drink a full cup of the romance of space routes, which in fact does not smell of romance at all. But our man will not disappear anywhere, the main thing is not to lose hope and continue to flounder, not allowing the whirlpools of fate to drag you to the bottom.