Alpha People

What do we know about the people of “Alpha”? They rarely wear uniforms. Medals are awarded behind closed decrees. They tell little about themselves, give almost no interviews, and never pose for photos in popular magazines.

Who are these guys who have gone through hell that they call “a business trip”? Through a deadly fight, pain, and blood—things they call “the job”?

They are rarely thanked in public. The title of Hero is more often bestowed posthumously than during their lifetime.

That’s why this book is so valuable: about the fighters of the most “closed” Russian counter-terrorism unit—“Alpha.” Its author, Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Filatov, is one of them. Everything written in this book is pure truth. Filatov writes the way he lives: without hiding thoughts and feelings. And he fought the same way. There are no others in the Alpha Group.