“Nobody but us.” Hearing this motto, many understand it refers to paratroopers. But only a few know what trials were in store for them.
Based on real events, the book tells about the first airborne assault operations of the Great Patriotic War in which an ordinary soldier had to take part. We’ll go through the battlefields with him, meet different people, and learn their stories. We’ll see how their views and moral principles change—because war is nothing more than sandpaper, painfully rubbing off the masks people wear until a person shows their true face.
This story is dedicated to the memory of those whose souls still fly high—above the clouds…