About the book: year / Stalingrad is the banner of Russian valor and a symbol of the catastrophe of the German military. A victory snatched from the enemy, which cost the Red Army huge losses - in the meat grinder of battles for the city, two dozen fighters remained from full-blooded regiments... This was the case with the 282nd NKVD Regiment, which on August 23 blocked the path to the city of Paulus' 16th Tank Division. It is in this regiment that senior lieutenant Samsonov ends up, again forced to put his own life on the line. Will he be able to return back to his family and the beloved he saved?! Or Roma has gone too far in the deadly game?!