Blood and Sand

High-octane military thrillers written by a real expert in the genre. The author’s total print run is over 6 million copies.

In one of the African countries, a civil war is raging. The current president faces a pro-Western terrorist opposition that’s hungry for power. Russian specialists, including military personnel, work in the country at the government’s invitation.

The terrorists manage to kidnap a GRU special forces colonel Nesterov and his daughter, who works under contract as a doctor. It’s obvious that a major political provocation is being prepared. To rescue the hostages, a GRU special forces unit arrives in the country led by Captain Artem Pogodin. He begins developing a search plan.

But at the last moment, it becomes known that Nesterov and his daughter escaped captivity on their own. Captain Pogodin understands: the colonel decided to act at his own risk…

Real heroes in real conditions for real readers. Mountain passes, ambushes, and brutal fights with bandits—the atmosphere of these gunpowder-soaked action thrillers is exactly like that.