The revolution—whose necessity they shouted about everywhere, debated in restaurants, and whispered about in kitchens—did not happen. General Keller and the regent of the empire, the Grand Duke Mikhail, impose order with a firm hand. And the ordinary people like it. Because, due to the casual attitude toward the highest decrees on an eight-hour workday and pay raises for workers, the former directors and managers are sent to build the Tikhvin Hydroelectric Power Station. And the front-line quartermasters and zemgsusars caught red-handed dig trenches of full profile as part of penalty units…
All that remains is to finish the war. Not with some shameful Brest-Litovsk treaty, but—with Victory! Gather all forces, make the final push, and strike where no one expects! And, as always, at the point of the blow—Lieutenant Colonel Gurov and his battalion…