The new novel by the famous writer-historian Alexei Shishov is dedicated to the outstanding commander of the First World War, the “initiator” of the White movement M.V. Alekseev (1857-1918). For the first time in Russian, the entire life path of the general from the infantry of Alekseev is traced in detail. The book is given persuasiveness and authenticity by widely used documents: combat orders, reports, excerpts from letters, diaries, newspapers and many others.