Soldier of the Army of the Damon Directorate - Alex Jankowski, is wounded in battle, and with it an honorable resignation. It would seem that now paradise days are coming for him. But they do not give him a rest. An attempt, a chase, an escape from the home planet on a shuttle packed with thugs and criminals - all this falls on the head of a retired sergeant, like a huge lump of snow. Why did the state begin to hunt for him, for the benefit of which he served? Who are his mysterious saviors? What next? The hero of our history has to figure out all these issues.