Strashnyi i pravdivyi roman o krovavom Dneprovskom desante i rozhdenii deviza VDV "S neba - v boi!" Vsia pravda o podvige i tragedii "krylatoi pekhoty". Sentiabr 1943 goda. Krasnaia Armiia provodit krupneishuiu vozdushno-desantnuiu operatciiu Velikoi Otechestvennoi - bolee 6000 desantnikov dolzhny vysaditsia v nemetckom tylu na pravom beregu Dnepra, chtoby zakhvatit platcdarmy, narushit vrazheskie kommunikatcii i oblegchit nashim voiskam forsirovanie vodnoi pregrady. Odnako operatciia provalilas - skvernoe planirovanie i neprostitelnye oshibki komandovaniia obernulis ogromnymi poteriami. Vybroska desanta prokhodila besporiadochno i nesoglasovanno, zachastuiu na glazakh u protivnika, gruzovye planery i parashiutisty prizemlialis pod uragannym ognem, umyvshis kroviu eshche v vozdukhe. No obrechennyi desant ne drognul, priniav neravnyi boi…