The life of a soldier is full of surprises, which is why KGB Major Igor Sarmat has to drag an American intelligence officer on his hump, carrying out a task of special national importance. But soon they will switch roles. And woe to the soldiers of secret wars, when politicians interfere in their affairs, when their own people lose faith in them, dooming the heroes to certain death. However, it is too early to write off a KGB officer who conducted secret operations in Angola and Lebanon, Nicaragua and Honduras. He vowed to himself to definitely return, to once again look into the eyes of the one with whom he shares blood, as well as into the eyes of those who betrayed him...