He was eager for the stars, and the stars accepted him, but it did not bring him happiness... From the moment our compatriot Kirill passed through the spatial gate, more than ten years have passed, but he never left trying to find his way home. Now he is Kier Kerk - one of the free traders of the Torklen Federation, and hundreds of worlds remained overboard his spacecraft "Hera." Kira Kerka will have new adventures, new friends, new enemies, mysterious patrons and, possibly, new love. Meanwhile, a series of strange events is taking place on a distant Earth...