About the book: 2011 / On the site of the capital's Chekushinsky market, popularly nicknamed Chekushka, it is planned to build a huge shopping center. A tender has been announced for the best shopping center project. But even before the market closed, a fierce struggle for its territory began. Those who protect construction companies are involved in this fight, and these are, first of all, the leaders of various criminal groups. Former commander of the air assault battalion Boris Rublev, trying to protect his former colleague from unbridled extortionists, finds himself in the thick of these events.