About the book: 2022 / Based on real events. Exceptional in their truth novels about the Great Patriotic War. The roar of distant explosions, the smell of gunpowder, the clanging of tracks - the terrible signs of war come to life again on the pages of books written by the grandchildren of those who reached Berlin back in 1945. July 1942. The front is moving towards the Don. Thousands of refugees and fighters from scattered Soviet units gathered at the crossing near the village of Belogorye. On the other side there is salvation for civilians, and for the military - an opportunity to rest and gather strength. As luck would have it, the movement was delayed by a document check organized by an NKVD major. The necessary formality threatens a terrible disaster - the human avalanche can be attacked by German bombers at any moment. None of the people crowded at the crossing know that just the day before this major held the same rank... in the fascist army.