The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is planning new actions. A group of security officers is to track and destroy him. Based on a true story.

A group of soldiers is stuck on the Russian-Chechen border near the field which locals call dead.

A terrorist act - an explosion in a subway train, after which everyone considers the hero dead, allows him to start life "from scratch". A rich lady from the "new Russians" falls in love with him. But soon he begins to write anonymous love letters to his wife, who is sure that after the tragic explosion in the subway she is a widow.