The Sinister Labyrinth

The most interesting novels about Stalin’s special forces—SMERSH.

May 1945. Encircled in the Baltics, the Courland grouping of the Wehrmacht resists with their last strength. The fascists plan to send by sea a secret laboratory for producing the newest biostimulant for their personnel. To prevent this, a group of Major SMERSH Vladislav Dymov is thrown into the vicinity of the German units. The scouts fight against numerous guards and, in the end, manage to get onto the facility. But enraged Germans bring in reinforcements. To carry out the order, wounded and surrounded, our fighters decide on a desperate step…

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

The novels of the SMERSH — Stalin’s special forces series are always an exciting, dynamic plot and new historical knowledge—an action story written in simple and understandable language.