The Fascist Sting

The most interesting novels about Stalin’s special forces—the SMERSH. July 1944. On Polish territory, Soviet troops liberate several fascist concentration camps. One of them housed a training center for prisoners of war who agreed to cooperate with Nazi Germany. Not all of the accomplices managed to flee along with the retreating units of the Wehrmacht. Counterintelligence manages to detain one of the traitors. He reports that a German underground group is actively operating in liberated Lublin, led by an SS officer whose connection is deeply compartmentalized. The task of reaching the enemy underground is assigned to SMERSH lieutenant Stepan Vasilyev. He understands: to carry out this tricky operation, an unusual operational move is needed…

“Death to the spies!” (SMERSH) was the short, merciless name of a special NKVD unit subordinate to I. Stalin. Created during the war, it consisted of battle-tested, honest, and fearless officers of the Red Army. SMERSH were feared by everyone—both fascist saboteurs preparing diversions in our combat formations and Hitler’s henchmen operating deep in the Soviet rear. The enemy knew: if the soldiers of Stalin’s special forces were on his trail, there would be no avoiding a fair and swift court.

The SMERSH series novels—“Stalin’s special forces”—are always an exciting, dynamic plot and new historical knowledge: action written in a simple and clear language. The total print run of A. Tamonikov’s books is over 10 million copies! “A. Tamonikov’s novels are about real men, for whom the concepts of valor, honor, and duty are not empty words.” — V. Kolychev