Gregory Adamov’s novel was published in 1939, when a gathering military storm was already brewing over the world.
The novel is dedicated to the crossing of two oceans by the submarine “Pioneer,” which must carry out a particularly difficult and important mission for the Soviet government.
Many feats had to be performed by brave submariners, and many dangers had to be overcome before the “Pioneer” fulfilled the order of the Motherland. For against them rise not only blind forces of nature—the boundless Ocean itself. A traitor has also slipped aboard the boat…