Friends, here is a collection of stories by Andrei Zagortsev. Many of you are undoubtedly familiar with his works about the army and the war “Special Officer Group”, “City”, the collection of stories “Don’t Give Vodka to Pilots!” This collection includes stories published on the writer’s page on the website Artofwar .ru/z/zagorcew_a_w/. I hope that admirers of the talent of this truly wonderful writer will be interested in putting everything aside again in order to immerse themselves in the world of his heroes, courageous and cowardly, serious and funny, heroes and scoundrels. In a word, to see the world through the eyes of a writer who can rightfully say - “I have the honor!”