Summer 1762. Captain of the Tobolsk regiment Ivan Zaruba and his friend Major Semyon Gubin inevitably find themselves silent witnesses to the overthrow of Emperor Peter the Third. Officers devoted to the throne and the Fatherland become active participants in the conspiracy to elevate the rightful heir to the throne - the young Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich. And they were very close to the goal! The new novel by the famous writer Sergei Bulyga lifts the veil on one of the still carefully hidden secrets of the coup d'etat of 1762.