There was no front line in the Afghan war, but there was no rear either - death lay in wait here at every step, convoys often suffered no less losses than assault units, not only paratroopers and special forces fell into ambushes and shelling, but also "rear" - the front was everywhere. And even though our troops did not sit in the trenches, this book is the real "trench truth" of the last war of the USSR - tough, bloody, without embellishment and self-censorship - about what it is like: wait every minute for a shot in the back and an explosion underfoot, be pressed to the ground by fire, catch a bullet with your own body and shoot back to the last cartridge, until the last grenade left for yourself in the pocket of a homemade "unloading"...