About the book: 2017 / A platoon of Russian marines dies in the Argun Gorge. Khattab's gangs surrounded him on all sides. There is nowhere to wait for help: the only road through the pass is controlled by militants. All hope lies in aviation, but there is no suitable landing site for the Mi-8 nearby, and visibility is practically zero. And yet, helicopter pilot Gromak, together with his wingman, without hesitation, raise their “turntables” into the sky in order to accomplish the impossible there, in the gorge, under the bullets of the Mujahideen.…