Don’t rush to label your friends: this one is a coward, but this one is a real hero. Only war can accurately determine who is who. And so the war begins to tie knots in the destinies of the two officers. One of them is weak, cowardly, and often gives in to danger. The other is strong, seasoned, surprising his colleagues with his desperate courage. And each of them ends up in Chechen captivity, from which there are only two ways. One - upward, to faith, conscience and honor. And the second - down to shameful betrayal...