The truce with Turkey dragged on for an entire year and gave nothing. A peace treaty between the opposing sides was never concluded. All the contradictions between the empires had to be resolved not under the rustle of pen on paper, but under the thunder of gun salvos and the shriek of grapeshot. Lieutenant Egorov has an elite team of Russian shooters—jägers—at his disposal. Will they help the motherland put a victorious end to the First Turkish War, or will it keep roaring on the shores of the Danube?