In the distant future, 60,000 light years from the land, a loose confederation of exiles in the western lands became in fights with the mysterious protos and the merciless theft of Zirk. Each species struggles to ensure its interstellar survival in a war that promises to begin the greatest chapter of mankind - or predict its bloody end.

Danny Liberty was a good reporter ... very good.

When his investigations approached the heart of the confederation on the ground, he faced a simple choice: to continue the current series of offers, or to undertake a dangerous new mission covering the Marines on the front lines of the Cuperlo sector. It did not take long to make a decision ....

Behind the attacks of Zerj and Proteus lies the story of the age, but all the information obscures the mystery more. In the middle of the war, where the outcome will determine the survival of humanity, the only thing Danny Liberty knows is that the only person he can trust to keep him alive is himself..