This book is about the war of Georgia, which had barely gained state independence, against the South Ossetians. The author talks about what he saw with his own eyes and what eyewitnesses saw - friends and assistants, like-minded people and opponents - those whom he knew before writing the first line and whom he met while working on the book. Among them there are military people and those who have never worn shoulder straps, there are journalists and housewives, politicians and historians, writers and technicians, musicians and economists, former intelligence officers and radio announcers - it’s impossible to list them all. The author predicted the events that recently took place in South Ossetia in 2006, when this story was written.