About the book: 2019 / Ilya Mironov - a lieutenant of the Russian Guard from the 21st century - ends up in the Great Patriotic War. Having started hostilities in the forty-first year as a sergeant, according to other people's documents Thanks to his skills and courage, Ilya rose to the rank of senior lieutenant and the position of company commander, and was repeatedly awarded orders and medals. He never hid behind others’ backs, never sat out in the rear, always fought in the most dangerous sectors of the front - in Belarus, near Moscow, on the Kursk Bulge. The victorious spring of 1945 greeted the guardsman-reconnaissance officer on the outskirts of East Prussia, the cradle of German militarism. Will Mironov’s fighters be able to storm the fortress city of Koenigsberg without losses and finish off the enemy in his lair??