Interstellar civilization did not survive the invasion of inhibitors - ruthless and incredibly patient cybernetic beings who set themselves the goal of completely clearing the space they captured from humanity. Few survivors have partly taken refuge in the wreckage of their worlds, partly scattered across the galaxy. For thirty years, a tiny community huddled in the hollow depths of an airless, cratered planet, hoping to survive until the day the threat passes. And suddenly the tracking equipment reported that a ship was approaching the planet. The probability that it will lead enemies to refuge is enormous. And Miguel de Ruyter, the leader of the community, goes to meet to destroy the ship along with all who fly on its board and, possibly, to die himself. For the first time in Russian!