About the book: 2004 / In the Spiral, a small nook of the Galaxy to which our Earth belongs, hard times have come for space truckers: unprincipled and selfish patthas drove all competitors out of the market. Therefore, when Captain Jordan McKell was offered to transport the Icarus cargo ship to Earth, he did not hesitate. The only thing they didn’t tell him was what kind of cargo he had on board and why the Patthas were ready to do anything for the sake of this cargo..