Fighting the Invisible

The most interesting novels about Stalin’s special forces—SMERSH. The Great Patriotic War is over. But things are far from calm in Western Ukraine. The remaining remnants of the Banderites keep many cities and villages in fear. Especially ruthless is a unit led by a certain Peremogi. His subordinates act operationally and in sync, but none of them knows the boss by face—though they’re very afraid of him. A group of SMERSH majors with the callsign Marko has been tasked with neutralizing the dangerous enemy. An experienced counterintelligence officer develops a plan to destroy the band, not realizing how terribly the results of this operation will surprise the operatives…

“Death to the spies!” (SMERSH) was the short and merciless name of a special NKVD unit subordinate 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 the fascist agents preparing sabotage in our combat formations, and the Hitlerite lackeys operating deep in the Soviet rear. The enemy knew: if fighters from Stalin’s special forces had followed his trail, there would be no escaping a fair and swift court.

The novels of the “SMERSH — Stalin’s special forces” series are always an exciting dynamic plot and new historical knowledge—an action story written in simple and understandable language. The total print run of A. Tamonikov’s books is over 10 million copies!