About the book: 2024 / 2256. Humanity survived the devastating Last World War and united to achieve a common goal. The Progressive Society moves science forward, but the lack of resources forces us to look for other ways out of the crisis. The first reconnaissance group of distant worlds and planets of its kind is led by Mike Dementiev. An honored citizen of the Society, brought up on the Directives, a principled young man at one point, by a whim of fate, became a lone alien in a foreign world with no chance of return. Change the world around you or change yourself? Should you violate your principles or go to the end no matter what? Perhaps his new enemies will have good reasons for both.