Black Shadows of Leningrad

The most gripping novels about Stalin’s special forces — SMERSH.

Under mysterious circumstances, a communications officer of the headquarters of the Leningrad Front dies, and the operational documents that were with him disappear without a trace. The investigation of the sabotage is assigned to a SMERSH unit under the command of Major Ivan Bugrov. Arriving in besieged Leningrad, the operatives quickly realize that an extensive spy network is operating in the city. During interrogation, one of the traitors admits that the agent network is being directed by an Abwehr officer, Erich Schulz. He is now preparing a series of explosions at key communications nodes and then plans to secretly leave for Germany. The major has only a few hours to prevent the sabotage of strategic facilities and to stop the fascist agent from escaping…

“Death to the spies!” (SMERSH) — this was the terse and hard name given to a special NKVD unit directly subordinate to I. Stalin. Created during the war years, it brought together officers of the Red Army who had proven themselves in battle: honest and fearless. SMERSH inspired fear in everyone: in fascist scouts preparing sabotage at the front, and in Hitler’s accomplices operating deep in the Soviet rear. The enemy knew: if its trail had been taken up by the fighters of Stalin’s special forces, escape from swift and inevitable retribution was unavoidable.

The SMERSH — Stalin’s Special Forces series novels deliver, every time, fast-paced, tense action, new historical details, and a dynamic plot told in a simple and clear style.

The total print run of A. Tamonikov’s books is over 10 million copies!

“Novels by A. Tamonikov — about real men, for whom the concepts of valor, honor, and duty are not empty words.” — V. Kolychev