In the Jaws of the Tiger

High-stakes military novels about the everyday life and daily feat of Soviet front-line intelligence officers. This is a confrontation of strength and will, when enemy positions are only a few steps away. Readers will find ruthless battle details—details rarely mentioned even by veterans who went through those events.

1944. Units of the 1st Ukrainian Front cross the Vistula and plunge into fierce fighting for the Sandomierz bridgehead. Intelligence receives information: to strengthen their defense, the Germans are sending a battalion of the newest tanks—Tiger II, “Royal Tigers”—to the front line. Their appearance is capable of slowing down the offensive in this sector…

Captain Gleb Shubin puts forward a daring plan—to capture one of these machines in order to study it and understand how to stand up to these steel giants. Headquarters approves the dangerous operation. That same night, Shubin and several fighters go behind enemy lines—toward deadly risk…

The total print run of the author’s books exceeds 10 million copies.