The civil war in the galaxy is gradually fading away - the Holy Church and the Great Houses are slowly accumulating strength to converge in a new battle for possession of the liberated Throne. A small advertisement that caught the eye of the leader of the revived Brotherhood, Sam Lucius, leads his ship to the outskirts of the planet under the rule of churchmen, who, as it turned out, not only produce prohibited electronic components, but also conduct experiments on the creation of combat vehicles, connecting living people with dead matter. Space and ground battles, virtual worlds, betrayals and intrigues - all this in the third book of the series "Sign of the Basilisk" "Brotherhood: Scorched."