Vo vtoroy knige serii «Pardus» Nikita esche glubzhe pronikaet v strashnyy mir eksperimentov professora Shterna, a takzhe slegka priotkryvaet zavesu nad taynoy predskazaniya o Naslednike-oborotne. No, pohozhe, on slishkom chasto suet lyubopytnyy nos v chuzhie tayny, - u nego poyavlyaetsya mnozhestvo moguschestvennyh vragov, kotorye mechtayut unichtozhit ego. I esli by ne vernye druzya - a krome togo, zagadochnaya zhenschina v chernom Iolanda, - Nikite prishlos by nelegko.