This book is about how the history of people and events is created. Why is it enough for only one incredible accident to suddenly determine a global shift? Is there an unknown force capable of changing what seemed already predetermined for humanity? The heroes of the novel, fictional and real, in three fateful historical eras for Russia (the War of 1812, the Great Patriotic War, our time), closely intertwining their actions, are looking for answers to these questions. Are they, hearing a mysterious voice moving through time and distance, only able to convey its message to those in power, or are they ready to act themselves, editing the canvas of history? And can they, knowing the future, change the past? Contains obscene language.