About the book: 2022 / The year 1918 is coming to an end. The civil war in Russia is in full swing. Private Markov Regiment Pyotr Teplov comes to Rostov on vacation. He has not yet turned eighteen, but already has two difficult campaigns behind him - the First and Second Kuban. He will meet old friends - the Verin family, and make new acquaintances. Meanwhile, despite the war, cultural life in Rostov is in full swing. The Moscow Art Theater comes to the city on tour, and virtuoso guitarist Mishka Odessa plays in the most prestigious restaurant. His talent attracts a variety of, sometimes very dangerous, people to him. Continuation of the stories “The Gymnasium Students Are Coming” and “Winter Is Not Eternal”".