About the book: year / If you become a cog in the state machine, there is always a choice: rebel against the system, break down and stop being yourself, or try to preserve personal freedom, despite frames installed above. Captain Alexey Donnikov chooses the third path, but he faces a set-up from his superiors and a choice between life imprisonment and a risky memory scanning experiment. By agreeing to the scan, Alexey does not assume that as a result he will acquire psychic abilities and end up in the “Zero” special unit, the goals and objectives of which are directly subordinated to protecting the interests of the top of the Black Corps. Only the key to new abilities, hidden in the memories of distant childhood, seems to be of interest not only to the Cheka, but also to representatives of other sectors of the galaxy that do not belong to the human race. Who and why needed the former captain and current fighter of the Zero squad? Will he be able to preserve life and freedom or will he become a bargaining chip in the game of powerful civilizations? Of the entire layout, Alexey has only one card, the Jester. But a lot depends on how to play this card..