Boris Васильев (1924-2013) went away on front in 17, as well as thousands of other youths and girls, covering the thresholds of military registration and enlistment office in a that year. And Boris Leo wrote exactly about them, those, who battled with him shoulder to shoulder, the same young, as he. The protagonist of novel Nikolay Плужников, as well as author, is quite young at the beginning of war. As well as author, he matures headily - losing comrades, pouring blood native land. And on will of author leaves in immortality. Readers confirmed - Nikolay Плужников took a step in immortality. Majestic and dramatic, a novel became the classics of home literature.A book is recommended for the extracurricular reading.