The book by the German writer Sven Steenberg is the life story of one of the most mysterious and tragic figures in the history of World War II - Lieutenant General Andrei Vlasov. Based on a wide range of archival documents and eyewitness accounts, as well as personal experience, the author, a former Wehrmacht officer, talks about how a successful and promising Soviet military leader, who showed himself excellently in the battles for Kyiv and Moscow, found himself, due to a combination of circumstances, in German captivity, became the leader of the Russian Liberation Army, created with the support of the Germans to fight against the Stalinist dictatorship. Written during the Cold War, Steenberg's work certainly bears the stamp of that time. However, the biased nature of some of the author's assessments does not detract from the merits of his book, which sheds light on one of the darkest pages of our recent history. Written in a lively and accessible language, the book contains rich factual material and is intended for a wide range of readers interested in the history of the Second World War.