Distant future, age of space expansion. A colonization starship is drifting in deep space, once sent in search of habitable planets. However, due to an inexplicable accident that occurred a hundred years ago, the ship turned into a gloomy crypt inhabited by monsters, and most survivors no longer believe that there are other worlds overboard. Yuri Garin is a scout, one of those who does not give up trying to break into the captain's cabin and return control over control systems to people. Could he imagine exactly what the next trip to the lower decks would turn out to be? Could you have predicted what dangers and adventures you would have to go through in order to return home? Did you guess what secrets you would encounter in the Milky Way Empire? We present to you the first book from the science fiction writer Denis Burmistrov from the “Empire of the Milky Way” series.