In the system of the orange giant-40 inhabited worlds. Different races form the Commonwealth, where the motto "brothers for centuries" reigns. But the Guest is inexorable as death, and everything that seemed unshakable collapses, igniting the page of war. The crew of the cruiser "Arrow" leaves to meet with the Guest in order to give the worlds of the Commonwealth hope. Each hope has its own. What can anyone do for their hope? What price is he willing to pay? Love and death, war, friendship and self-deception. In general, space fiction