Fate sometimes prepares strange trials for a person: a child whose father is serving time in the zone bears the surname Blessed. 1986 - after Central Asia he is sent to Afghanistan. And the fate of the saint takes on new interpretations in the life of an ordinary Russian boy. The gift of insight is given only in exchange for future great losses. Can you spot your sworn enemy in your colleague while you are both fighting for life and standing on the same side of the front? Can a woman’s love heal the wounds caused by war? Happy endings are possible in our time. Russian prose has never known such a poignant story about love and death!