About the book: 1986 / The book is about the events of the Great Patriotic War. The main character is war veteran Nikolai Gradov - a man of complex, difficult fate, a crystal-honest communist, principled, demanding not only of himself and his actions, but also of the people around him. On his behalf there is a story about his brother-front-line soldiers, about their deeds, sometimes unnoticed, but truly heroic.