And yet it happened. We have not yet managed to accumulate nuclear arsenals capable of destroying the planet several times. And the generals consider nuclear weapons only a more powerful means to achieve their goals. This book is about the atomic war that the Caribbean crisis has become. Americans, Germans, Russians - all peoples were involved in this war. Although these are ordinary people: someone is a career military man, someone was forced to wear a military uniform by inexorable circumstances, and someone just conscientiously goes to a simple, routine job. And when a chain of accidents leads to an atomic fire, events occur that are unthinkable in previous wars. So can anyone win?