About the book: 2023 / The head of a representative office of a Russian oil company and an Italian reporter are kidnapped in broad daylight in Baghdad. Nothing is known yet - neither the names of the kidnappers, nor the whereabouts of the hostages. The company management is shocked. And only one person can reach the captives - an extra-class specialist in the release of hostages, Dmitry Agayev. He managed to find out at which militant base the Russian and Italian were being held. But how to get there? After all, on his way is the Iraqi desert, teeming with armed militants, and war-torn cities…