A professional soldier ends up in the body of a lieutenant of the Tsar’s army on an alternative Earth. It’s 1918. The Civil War. From the very first minutes of realizing who he is, he will have to fight for his life. Ukraine. Rostov. Moscow. These are milestones of a winding path he covered in just two summer months. A soldier to the bone, raised by his adoptive father— a combat officer who went through a series of hot spots—he was raised on one single phrase: “Politics and parties are nothing; Russia is everything.” It seemed he could now choose any road he wanted to take—yet his choice was made long ago. He is, and remains, a Russian officer, ready to serve Russia.