Pamyat′ pid nazvoyu Imperiya

Mahit Dizmar, ambasadorka malen′koyi kosmichnoyi stantsiyi Lsel, vyrushaye do bahatosystem noyi Imperiyi Teykskalaanu, de do neyi vprodovzh p’yatnadtsyaty rokiv sluzhyv posol Agvan. Vona pryzemlyayet′sya u Misti, planeti-stolytsi, i diznayet′sya, scho yiyi poperednyk pomer try misyatsi tomu. Kazhut′, smert′ sprychynyv anafilaktychnyy shok. YE pidozry, scho yoho vbyly. YAkscho tse pravda, divchyni zahrozhuye real′na nebezpeka. Vidtak Mahit musyt′ z’yasuvaty, scho stalosya na spravdi, zachystyty sebe, svoyu nezalezhnu stantsiyu Lsel ta inshi malen′ki stantsiyi u yichn′omu sektori vid ekspansiyi Teykskalaanu. Toho Teykskalaanu, movu y literaturu yakoho vona zdavna obozhnyuye ksenofil′noyu lyubov’yu… Poperedu na neyi chekaye nebezpechna hra, opovyta technolo hichnymy tayemnytsyamy, za krok do znyschennya yiyi kolysky, yiyi domivky.