Mikhail Karetnikov was made an outcast by his own people and, by decision of the Council of Patriarchs, was punished with oblivion among the boyars of the Busov clan. Through a “wormhole,” he is thrown into the past, landing on the day of June 22, 1941. The western border of Ukraine. A Wehrmacht vehicle speeds up, and Bandera fighters are running wild through the forests and roads. Mikhail finds himself among retreating troops and manages to escape from encirclement. And now he’s already under Moscow…
The book uses archival materials and veterans’ recollections of the Great Patriotic War in the period 1941–1942.