About the book: 2023 / 1942. Winter. Coastline of Lake Ladoga. During an air battle between Soviet fighters and German aces in the sky, a huge An-22. Antey cargo transport from 1996 falls out of the resulting air pocket. Together with him, the Soviet I-16 falls into the time portal. Both planes crash and end up at the end of the 18th century during the reign of Catherine the Great..