Kresy Vskhodny is occupied by fascist troops, but there is no peace on these lands so desired by the invaders. The Polish underground is fighting the Nazis, partisan detachments are appearing in the forests, and nationalists dissatisfied with their masters are raising their heads. The former engineer Dlugy, the Soviet intelligence officer Melanyuk, the Gestapo man Hürtgen, the “master referent” Pilyuk, each have their own goals. And “Major from Warsaw” Kazimir Dębicki has to fight not only with very obvious enemies seeking to find out the secret of the “S-22” object, but also to decide with whom he will end up in the same trench... A new novel by the famous master of Russian action-packed literature.