Spring 1985. Under the direction of GRU, Scout Yuri Nikitin entered the Pakistani fortress in Badaab. The Nikitin must gather evidence of the existence of the Mujahideen training Center under the leadership of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). After completing a dangerous mission, Nikitin saw a group of Russian prisoners of war on the territory of the fortress, among which he knew his friend Mikhail, and the son of his commander, General Koresov, was thought to have been missing for several years. Nikitin decided to stay and save the child sentenced to death.