This is a novel about imperial soldiers of the XVI century - Landsknechts. Well... basically. The case begins on a distant planet, where a young student, Etil Allinar, performed very unsuccessfully on a love field. From sin away, he is recruited into reconnaissance and thrown to Earth: to collect operational information about restless space neighbors. On Earth, a boy nailed a warrior to a gang, thinking that it was better to spy in the army than anywhere else. Because military affairs are extremely mobile and at the forefront of technology development. Convenient. With mobility it turned out, with convenience - not very. There is no time for espionage - to survive! And at the same time try to consider the world of the New Age through the eyes of a modern person.