July 1943, Kursk Bulge. Having stopped the crushing blow of the Wehrmacht tank wedges, exhausted and bled the German troops in the most difficult defensive battles, the Red Army launched a decisive offensive. As usual, the penalty box is the first to be thrown into battle. They are obliged to “atone for guilt with blood.” They will have to break through enemy defenses at any cost and pave the way for tank and guards units rushing to the West. They must be the first to reach the Dnieper. But by that time, only one out of ten will remain in the ranks of the penal company... A new novel from the best-selling author “Penal Company. The height of the suicide bombers,” “Fix bayonets!” and “I’m going to make a breakthrough!” The merciless “trench truth” of the Great Patriotic War.