About the book: 2019 / After the defeat of the Whites, Andrei Kireev moves to France. The bread of an emigrant is bitter, but the former military pilot is gradually growing into civilian life and settling down. And he seems to be living well, and he’s no longer young, but as soon as civil war breaks out in Spain, Andrei immediately rushes into a new adventure - he volunteers for the Republican army. There he has a familiar enemy - the Germans from the Condor Legion. But even here fate finds time to joke: having been wounded in battle, the pilot comes to his senses on a Soviet ship bound for Odessa. Knowing that the Great Patriotic War will soon begin, Kireev makes the final choice: he remains in his homeland to help it cope with the fascist invasion. Will the most experienced air fighter, a veteran of several wars, be able to help the Red Army Air Force win the battle for the sky against the famous Luftwaffe aces?