Андрей Смоляков

German intelligence will use its agent Mishchenko in Western Belarus. He commands the Neman sabotage group, which is actively collecting data on the place where the Soviet command plans to carry out the next strike. Captain Alekhine is trying to prevent them, under whose leadership there is a special operational team. He is well aware of Mishchenko, but, despite the professionalism of counterintelligence, the agent of the Third Reich is always one step ahead.  

A young Russian anarchist nicknamed Karamora loses his beloved Alina in a clash with representatives of a secret organization that protects the interests of those who have ruled the world for centuries. Now he is ready to do anything to avenge his lost love. Having revealed the main secret of the enemy, Karamora realizes that the strength of those he opposes lies far beyond human capabilities.

March 1944. At the front, the Red Army is conducting a confident offensive. The Allies are about to open a second front, and it seems that the final defeat of Nazi Germany is very close. However, the joy of the coming victory overshadows a series of daring and brutal murders. No one has ever managed to see the bandits up close. According to the scanty testimonies of random eyewitnesses, the composition of the attackers is constantly changing. And every time at the crime scene they leave portraits of the dead. For these drawings and cruelty, the gang was nicknamed "Dead Head", and its leader - the Artist. The investigation is being carried out by an experienced Major Efimov and Captain Sazonov. However, the further they delve into the case, the more they become convinced that the murders and robberies are a front. And they have yet to reveal the real goals of the Artist. When the old comrade Sazonov Rudakov joins the investigation by the NKVD, each of the heroes is under suspicion...