Mashyni poklonyayutʹsya. Zhertsi, yaki sluzhatʹ yiy vid narodzhennya, ne stilʹky zdatni bachyty maybutnye, skilʹky zazyrayutʹ u mynule. Yiyi peredbachenʹ chekayutʹ z ostrakhom, namahayuchysʹ roz·hadaty znaky, yaki vona posylaye. U postapokaliptychnomu sviti romanu Dariyi Piskozub lyudstvo znovu zhyve v plemenakh, yaki voyuyutʹ odne z odnym za vyzhyvannya, a zahadkova Mashyna — vse, shcho lyshylosya vid tsyvilizatsiyi. Khtosʹ khoche yiyi olyudnyty, khtosʹ boretʹsya proty neyi, ale vona vichna i, zdayetʹsya, spromozhna znyshchyty te, shcho mala by oberihaty…