Winter has passed, but the city of Dert, the capital of an ancient empire turned small kingdom, is still torn by conflicts. And now some external force has also intervened in the internal squabbles of the country - people who do not own magic, but have amazing technological devices. Queen Octavia sends bailiffs Armando and Goteh to the western provinces, where a baronial uprising is brewing and where there is particularly high activity of mysterious aliens. If last time the bailiffs did not have much choice whether to save the queen’s life or not, now they are taking risks quite consciously and voluntarily. The stakes are too high, the mystery is too attractive...