About the book: 2008 / The Earth is threatened by an invasion of insidious aliens... the only question is which ones! Because two races of “aliens” who are planning to invade our planet, for now that they are deep in war with each other. So, maybe it’s better for earthlings not to wait for an invasion, but instead to intervene in an alien war? Unfortunately, the Earth’s government is not quite ready to adhere to this reasonable plan. So it’s up to the “team” to save our world amateurs" - to the pilot of an ordinary patrol starship Maxim Ilyin, the alien adventurer who has important information and his faithful friends - the hard-drinking provincial proletarians Kolyan and Tolyan. Will it work out? That's great! It won't work? Then... it's all the aliens' fault!