About the book: 2017 / GRU Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Ikonnikov, sent to Syria on a special mission, was captured by extremists. The bandits are trying to manipulate the captive, persuading him to cooperate and hoping for good dividends. Maxim pretends to accept the terms of the game, but secretly prepares to escape. The experienced intelligence officer does not know that the real danger to him is posed not only by a gang of bloodthirsty terrorists, but also by his own high authorities, who have already received fabricated evidence of the vile “treason” of Lieutenant Colonel Ikonnikov.