Roman centurion Quintus Dias is taken prisoner by the Picts. When he manages to escape he is rescued by the Ninth Legion, which is about to meet its fate.
In 1986 a global-scale disaster in Chernobyl left the people involved shattered for years - those who survived still couldn’t get on with their lives after what has happened.
On Earth devastated after the war only few people are left to extract the natural resources. Technician taking care of the drones discovers that not everything is what he thought it is.
In 1953 Joseph Stalin’s terror in Soviet Union reached the new heights with another wave of arrests and executions when the dictator suddenly collapses in his dacha.