The Vlast stands two hundred feet tall, four thousand tons of steel ready to be flung upwards on the fire of atom bombs. The ship is ready to take the dream of President-Commander of the New Vlast General, Osip Rizhin, beyond the bounds of this world. But not everyone shares this vision. In Mirgorod a woman in a shabby dress carefully unwraps a sniper rifle... and the Pollandore dreams its own dreams.

Sequel to: Truth and fear.