Alexander Ilyich Dutov, a hereditary Cossack, ataman of the Orenburg Cossack army, a veteran of the Russian-Japanese and First World Wars, a participant in the Brusilov breakthrough, a lieutenant general and an irreconcilable fighter against the Bolshevik regime, was liquidated by a special group of security officers on February 7, 1921 in China the city of Suidun. A new action-packed novel by the famous writer Valery Povolyaev tells about this extraordinary man, a fearless cavalryman, a talented military leader, the beloved chieftain of the Orenburg Cossacks and his bright but short life.