A Package for the General

The most interesting novels about Stalin’s special forces—SMERSH. 1943. On the eve of the operation near Kursk, Soviet command prepares a diversionary raid into the enemy’s rear. The task must be carried out by a mechanized corps of General Maximov. On the eve of the operation, our intelligence intercepts a container with German documents prepared in the name of Maximov. Is it a skillful provocation or is the general truly a traitor? The situation is entrusted to a SMERSH group led by Major Ivan Burov. The operatives arrive at the site at the moment when, in an inexplicable way, several officers disappear from the circle of the disgraced general…

“Death to the spies!” (SMERSH) is the short, ruthless name given to a special NKVD unit subordinated to I. Stalin. Created during the war, it consisted of tested-in-battle, honest, and fearless officers of the Red Army. Everyone feared SMERSH—both fascist agents preparing sabotage in our combat formations, and Hitler’s accomplices operating deep in the Soviet rear. The enemy knew: if Stalin’s special forces were on their trail, there would be no escaping fair and swift judgment.