In the early 1950s, the “Doctors' Plot” thundered throughout the country. A group of people in white coats were charged with treason - both to their professional duty and to the Soviet Motherland. Were these people actually guilty? As you know, time has put everything in its place... “The Traitor” is a novel about the tragic events in the life of the talented children’s doctor Andrei Alekseev, who chose honesty and fidelity to the Hippocratic Oath over his own safety.