Iranian Mine

A novel set in wartime, about complicated fates and dangerous work of unknown heroes who become part of the hit squad of “Beria’s special forces.” Autumn 1943. In Tehran, a conference of allied heads of state is being prepared. Soviet intelligence has serious fears that German agents may derail the high-level meeting. A group led by Major Maxim Shelestov is tasked with ensuring the security of our delegation. In Tehran, the operatives learn that shortly before their arrival, an unknown person penetrated the U.S. embassy building, after which the car of the head of security of the U.S. diplomatic mission was blown up. It seems the saboteurs are ready for the boldest attacks. Shelestov develops a counterplan, not yet realizing what unusual opponent is facing him in this clash… “This series is good because it conveys the correct main idea: in Lavrenty Beria’s NKVD they knew how to believe people, because the commissar himself knew how to believe. The story of Major Shelestov’s group is similar to the real story of a major Abwehr agent—former staff captain of the Tsarist army Nelyidov—who ended up on Lubyanka in September 1939. Against the backdrop of Nelyidov’s story, the adventures of Maxim Shelestov and his comrades described in this novel seem even more plausible.” – S. Kremlev Total print run of the books by A. Tamonikov—over 10 million copies.