About the book: 2008 / From the uncharted depths of space, the descendants of an ancient race return to the galactic world. While their presence is like a pale shadow, two words are repeated more and more often on different planets: “Children of Alona.” Who were they and who have they become now, tens of thousands of years later? Why did they appear again among the long-forgotten stars? And how are they related to the myth of sparkling angels? Captain Bystrov will have to come into very close contact with these questions. And as luck would have it, he has enough problems of his own: he is accused of murdering a very important person and is drawn into an imperial intrigue, the magnitude of which makes your hair stand on end. And we can only hope for a fast ship, a fresh head and true friends.