Fate, it seems, has seriously decided to test Greg Norton's strength. First, three years of Aldebaran hard labor with its double gravity and mines digging kilometers into the depths of the planet. After an unexpected early release, another unpleasant surprise. The aging mercenary, who for many years was considered the best in his business, was, of course, pulled out of the heat for a reason. There is an expedition ahead to where the mines of Aldebaran will seem like a resort. Pollux-5 is a planet of criminals sentenced to death for life, a scorched, rocky desert inhabited by deadly creatures, as if after a nuclear war. But much more terrible than all the local monsters are the people who are thrown here to die. Somewhere out there, in this hell, there is a eccentric girl who needs to be saved. She is the only return ticket from here.