Ekaterina Morozova is an ordinary secretary at Investigative Committee of a small town. She is quite a professional at dealing with her working routine and there are no problems she couldn’t solve. Except the prob- lems of her personal life.
The action takes place in the 80s. Four young guys met while studying at the KGB school. After the graduation, fate scattered them in different directions. Someone went to work abroad, others stayed to live and work in the USSR. But the meeting is inevitable, because there is a secret known only to them...
Andrey Rybin, a talented analyst, works for the FSB in the department for combating organized crime and corruption. He is going to retire in order to finally relax and spend more time with his wife, adult daughter and beloved dog. Suddenly, a former CIA officer, Donovan, comes out to Rybin. Twenty-five years ago, he introduced an illegal intelligence officer, Rybin, to Russia and now demands fulfillment of his obligations. However, Rybin understands that Russia has become his native country, and now it is she, and not distant America, who is his Homeland, which needs to be protected and protected.
Colonel Alexander Volkov teaches at the Academy of the FSB, he is seventy, he is retired. Captain Igor Kamorin is an active operative, he is twenty-seven. Kamorin is a fan of electronic gadgets, while Volkov does not know how to use WhatsApp. Kamorin believes in progress and believes that Volkov's "tube brains" have become obsolete in the last century, while Volkov is sure that Kamorin's "clip thinking" is not even suitable for solving crossword puzzles. However, in tandem, these two will do the impossible: combine the old school and modern technology.
2016, Russia, Cosmonaut Training Center. Another international crew (three Russian and two American cosmonauts), led by Commander Gennady Yashin, is preparing for launch to the ISS. During the preparation for the flight, it suddenly turns out that there is a psychological "time bomb" inside the crew, associated with serious difficulties in the family relations of the expedition participants and endangering not only the fulfillment of a mission of national importance, but also their lives.