About the book: 1996 / The author of the heroes of his novel throws the heroes of his novel into the depths of endless space. A group of earthlings find themselves on the beautiful planet Genellan, inhabited by amazing winged creatures. The well-being of gullible local residents is threatened by the dangerous neighborhood of the Northern Hegemony, ruled by the treacherous Emperor Juk the First. For the sake of possessing the secret of superluminal travel, he is ready to do anything..