At the end of the 21st century, Earth receives a distress signal from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun. A radiation outbreak threatens to annihilate the civilization there. Humanity is at a loss, as providing assistance seems technically impossible. However, a Russian billionaire manages to send a manned spacecraft on the long journey using somewhat illegal means. The unusual crew faces a superhuman task, especially since the crew members are unprepared for what the alien planet has in store for them. The beginning of the Proxima series connects to the events in 'Enceladus' (Ice Moon series) and 'The Hole,' but it is a self-contained, new story that can be read independently. In the appendix: The new biography of exoplanets - what research has discovered about the planetary systems of distant stars in our Milky Way.