All of Central Asia submitted to Russian weapons, and only in the hard-to-reach Ahal-Tekin oasis are they in no hurry to recognize the power of the Russian Tsar. A year earlier, General Lomakin’s expedition ended in a resounding failure, and now only Skobelev, who has never known defeat until now, can correct the situation. The famous White General is gathering troops on the border of the Empire to put an end to the bandit enclave with one blow. And among the many soldiers and officers is our contemporary, who, by the will of fate, found himself in the past and is now trying to survive in a world alien to him.