About the book: 2019 / Autumn 1562. The Livonian War is in full swing. Ivan the Terrible plans to capture Polotsk, through which there is a direct road to the capital of the Principality of Lithuania. The scouts report that the city can be taken with little bloodshed - you just need to capture the Polovtsian secret warehouse with provisions and gunpowder. The execution of this operation was entrusted to the special squad of Prince Dmitry Savelyev. The scouts find the daughter of a townsman merchant, Anna, who is closely acquainted with the city nobility and military leaders defending Polotsk. Savelyev hopes that the girl will show them a secret passage to the warehouse, after which the city will be doomed. The prince has no idea that Anna is one of those who prepares a deadly trap for uninvited guests.…