The Crimean Werewolf

The most interesting novels about Stalin’s special forces—SMERSH. Spring 1944. On the eve of their escape from Crimea, the fascists manage to expose and practically destroy a group of Soviet underground fighters. Only five survive. They’re sure their group has been betrayed. Especially since one of the surviving fighters, a man codenamed Billiardist, suddenly disappears right after the executions. With a request to help identify a traitor in their ranks, the underground fighters turn to counterintelligence. The case is assigned to SMERSH captain Semyon Olkhin. He works through different versions until evidence from one of the neutralized German saboteurs ends up in his hands…

“Death to spies!” (SMERSH) — that short and ruthless name belonged to a special unit of the NKVD subordinated to I. Stalin. Created during the war, it consisted of battle-tested, honest, fearless officers of the Red Army. Everyone feared SMERSH—both fascist agents preparing sabotage in our combat formations and Hitler’s henchmen operating deep in the Soviet rear. The enemy knew: if the trail was taken up by Stalin’s special forces, there would be no avoiding a fair and swift court.

The SMERSH—Stalin’s special forces series novels are always an exciting, dynamic plot and new historical knowledge; it’s an action story written in simple and understandable language. The total circulation of A. Tamonnikov’s books is over 10 million copies!