In the world of vanished gods, a war that has engulfed an entire continent has been going on for the fourth year already. Everyone involved has long been tired of it, but it continues because of the impossibility of breaking through the “trench deadlock.” Hundreds of thousands died under machine-gun fire in futile attacks on barbed wire on both sides.
On the front there is a stable but fragile balance, and the one who will be able to break through a well-fortified, ingeniously equipped front will win.
After the downfall of a dirigible, the disgraced imperial knight Savva Kobchik—removed from the army due to a concussion—builds not only a tractor factory in deep rear areas, but also self-propelled combat machines based on steam tractors… With the formation of the river-garrison “iron” brigade of armoured vehicles, it becomes possible to win the war…
But how, after the war, does one win peace?
Will this be possible for the former student of the Timiryazev Academy—that is the question.