The new novel-duology of the famous Siberian writer tells about the complex love drama of Ekaterina and Afanasy Vetrov. Since their youth, they have walked a long and often uneven road of trials and losses, but they did not despair, did not become embittered, did not give up, but managed to find themselves in life and build their own unique destiny. The connecting thread running through the entire novel is the theme of the holiness of fatherhood and motherhood, the Fatherland and family, love for the native land and people.