About the book: year / Near future. Humanity gradually develops, masters the solar system and explores nearby planets until it meets the Merchant, a representative of an extraterrestrial civilization. The merchant offers people a deal - the development of the Other Side and the extraction of its resources in exchange for technology and knowledge. So people discover a new world - a whole universe that provides unusual opportunities, and begin to colonize it. Alex, a novice prospector, goes to the Other Side, but in the process of transition he ends up in an unknown and extremely dangerous area for people, from where he can only get out by following the corpses of enemies.