With the death of Catherine the Great and the accession of a new emperor, the Persian campaign is halted, and the troops are recalled within the empire. “The Life Guards Yegersky Regiment is to arrive at the place of permanent stationing as soon as possible!”—the ruler’s order states.
For the Russian army and its commanders difficult times begin: thousands of officers are dismissed, those deemed loyal are sent into exile to their estates—Suvorov is a disgraced one—while active searches are underway for conspirators. And somewhere far to the west, under the beating of drums and the tune of the Marseillaise, the regiments of revolutionary France are going into battle. Very soon they will defeat the armies of the German principalities together with the Prussians and, pursuing the Austrians, enter the borders of Italy. Who will stop their victorious march?