The near future. Russia, torn by poverty and internal conflicts, exchanged tactical nuclear strikes with Ukraine and became involved in a disastrous war with Georgia. Former tanker Valery Ptakhin, who becomes involved in a mysterious military mission on neutral territory. The recent past. The Soviet Union, whose troops invade Finland shortly before the start of World War II. Regimental Commissar Stanislav Voskoboynikov, sent by the command to a mysterious military mission deep in Finnish territory. The past and the future do not intersect. But sooner or later, two secret missions will merge into one. Ptakhin and Voskoboinikov will have to take part in an invisible magical war that has been going on for more than a thousand years.