For the first time in Russian! The long-awaited new love story of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara! Rhett Butler, the hero of Margaret Mitchell’s immortal novel “Gone with the Wind”... His name evokes a variety of feelings, such a complex and multifaceted image was created by the writer. A renegade, a renegade, a rebel, a gambler, an ardent lover, a southerner - and still a mystery to readers. And finally, here is the long-awaited continuation of the famous story. Or rather, the same story, but seen through the eyes of Rhett Butler and outlined by the American writer Donald McCaig. It tells about Rhett's early years and the development of his character in a difficult relationship with his oppressive and ruthless father. Many of Rhett's actions that puzzled readers of Mitchell's novel are explained here. Both new characters appear here, as well as heroes already well known to us, Rhett’s companions at different stages of his life. It was not by chance that the heirs of Margaret Mitchell chose Donald McCaig to create an authorized novel about Rhett Butler. This is not the first time McCaig has addressed the topic of the American Civil War. His novel Jacob's Ladder, for which he received several prestigious awards, has been called "the best work ever written about the Civil War."