There Were Ten of Them

War novels about the daily feat of Soviet front-line intelligence officers. A duel of strength and spirit, when the front line is only a few steps away. Detailed accounts of brutal battles that even the veterans who took part in those events don’t talk about.

There were only ten—volunteers who volunteered to conduct a raid in combat. In the advancing battalion’s zone, where the scout was Captain Gleb Shubin, the enemy created an impregnable defensive line. Identifying firing points and the system of fortifications isn’t an easy task. But Shubin, who had been on the front since the very beginning of the war, had to solve problems of no less complexity.

At first everything went according to plan: the scouts managed to approach the first line of German posts covertly and provoke enemy fire. But then... luck turned away from the captain. The entire group would have ended up on the list of the dead if, at the most desperate moment, help hadn’t come to the brave men—German equipment...

The author’s total print run is over 10 million copies.