Nea r future. Mankind is successfully
explo
ring space: n
ow a hu ge Delta station is located i n  the ea rth';s orbit. Mak
sim Bortnikov
is one  of the members of the station r epair team.   An unexp

ected catastrophe cause
d by a proton  storm cu ts off Maksim  f rom the  r est, and he is left alone in outer sp
ace.