The Bay of Sevastopol

On October 29, 1955, in the Sevastopol Bay, after a powerful explosion, the Soviet battleship “Novorossiysk” goes down. The investigation considers the most likely—and in fact the only—cause of the catastrophe to be the detonation of a bottom mine left over from the war. A special KGB team, “Don,” under the command of Vyacheslav Bogdanov, is tasked with rechecking the official version and trying to reach those who may have been behind the tragedy. But the moment the operatives arrive in Sevastopol, a wave of troubling events crashes down on them: under strange circumstances an experienced diver dies, among the port specialists they find two saboteurs already known to the KGB from previous cases, and then an attempt is made on one of the witnesses. Bogdanov understands: the group has been placed in the line of fire of an unseen enemy—and ahead lies an inevitable showdown.

A novel about tense and dangerous work by fighters of a unique KGB unit. From meetings and calculations before a secret operation—to a real confrontation with a cunning enemy anywhere in the world: the path that only steadfast, brave, and devoted professionals can endure.

“The novels by A. Tamonikov are about real men, for whom the concepts of valor, honor, and duty are not empty words.” – V. Kolychev

The total circulation of A. Tamonikov’s books is over 10 million copies.