Fierce spring of 1942. The surrounded Germans are holding the Demyansk bridgehead with their last strength. In order to disrupt the “cauldron” communications, the Soviet command throws the First Maneuverable Airborne Brigade into battle. In monstrously difficult conditions, behind enemy lines, in swamps, in thirty-degree frost, without help or supplies, eating tree bark and horses that had died in the fall, 18-year-old paratroopers accomplished the impossible - thanks to their actions, the Luftwaffe lost half of its transport vehicles in the Demyansk “cauldron” aircraft, which they will miss so much six months later at Stalingrad, and the SS division “Totenkopf” - up to two-thirds of its personnel... A new book from the author of the bestseller “I Will Die Yesterday”! Merciless massacre in the icy hell of Demyansk! Russian landing force against German rangers and SS men! From the sky - into battle! Nobody but us!