The book tells about a partisan detachment that performed special tasks behind enemy lines during the war years. The author of the book was one of the Sotnikovites - the so-called partisans of the detachment formed in Leningrad in June 1941 under the command of A. I. Sotnikov. The memoirs are based on the author's personal records, stories of fellow soldiers, as well as information from documents. Recommended to everyone who is interested in the history of the partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War.