About the book: 2017 / GRU Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Ikonnikov returns home from another business trip, anticipating a warm meeting with his family. But a paddy wagon and a capture team are waiting for him at the plane’s ramp. Based on a false denunciation, the intelligence officer is accused of desertion and theft of a large sum of government money. To prove his innocence, on the way to the pre-trial detention center, Maxim escapes. However, instead of rehabilitation, new trials await him. By the will of fate, a military officer becomes a “doll” in underground battles without rules, organized by high-ranking officials.