About the book: 2024 / In the relatively near future, the crew of the customs ship "Tollau" takes on board a mysterious guest with an alarming mission. The captain is ordered to immediately leave for the solar system to eliminate the consequences of an anomalous solar flare. There is no connection with Earth and the colonies. The reasons for the failure are unknown. Along the way, members of the Tollau team encounter tragic and inexplicable phenomena. And upon arrival on Earth, which by that time had become an agricultural reserve, they were completely confused. After all, now the expanses of their native planet are barbarically inhabited by intelligent creatures, hitherto mentioned only in fairy tales.