Soldiers of the Soviet empire. Once they worked for the state—until the state turned its back on them—on its Heroes. And then they started working for themselves—for the one who pays and for the one who orders… They removed their epaulettes and orders, but they remain faithful to the officer’s brotherhood and remember honor. They are loners—like faithful purebred dogs abandoned by their master. Vladislav Dorokhov is only the name of one of them. A name that means almost nothing, because he is the Joker—capable of carrying out any assignment.