Ruslan Pavlov woke up aboard the International Space Station. There is emptiness around, in the porthole the Earth, covered with strange spots. The partner died in outer space, and the station itself left orbit and is about to burn up in the atmosphere... Before making an emergency landing in the descent module, Ruslan sees the scale of the disaster that happened to the planet. He becomes the owner of unique knowledge. Ruslan will have to return to Earth, join the community of those who woke up in Penza, help his new comrades protect themselves from wild animals and equally dangerous police detachments under the leadership of the cruel and merciless Colonel Yurasov.