Sometimes the past confronts us with a stern warning. And the calm, prosperous life of people suddenly changes its colors and can become completely defenseless against fate, as it was long ago - during the Second World War...

The heroes of the novel are former special forces captain Sergei Pastukhov and his friends , young paratrooper officers, unexpectedly find themselves at the center of a large-scale political provocation. They have only one opportunity to unravel the tangle of mysterious events - to take risks. And there is only one, the only possible ending for them - victory at any cost!