Four friends living on Mars in the twenty-second century, arrange a showdown at the Institute of Digital Technologies after which the guys have to flee from the police. In the semi-abandoned communications of Mars, they find the gaming implants of the Ancients. The game begins! Roy threatens humanity! Mysterious ascars, silently watching. And on Mars, a mutiny is brewing. What should our heroes do if the eighteen billion people inhabiting the solar system are threatened with rapid and guaranteed destruction? The cover this time was not made by me, but by Elena Babintseva, for which the author expressed his deepest gratitude to her. But I also put my hand a little bit .