The Burning, or The Golden Fleece of Fate

Our days. Major of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and by coincidence the friend of Senior Investigator Volin — Yuri Varlamov is missing his father. 

To find him, friends will have to look into the past, in particular, get acquainted with the fate of Teacher Varlamov Sr. Andrei Ivanovich Mazur. 

August 1944. The First Belarusian Front is fighting against German-fascist troops on the territory of Poland. 

Relying on a slanderous denunciation, the special department of the army headquarters opens a case against military intelligence officer Senior Lieutenant Andrei Mazur. 

The accusations are very serious, Mazur faces a long prison term or even execution. 

The case is assigned to NKVD Captain Yalagin, by a remarkable twist of fate — a schoolfriend of Mazur...