About the book: 2012 / About the fact that the father of Vikenty Irtenyev, the hero of the novels "The Vienna Tale", "Between Times" and "The House in the Back Street", was an officer of the Russian General Staff, the reader may remember. But he was also a scout! This book tells about two unusual, complex and dangerous raids against the enemies of the Empire, undertaken by Irtenyev Sr. on the eve of the upheavals that befell our Fatherland..