Night Soldiers (Paperback)

from Hanneri

Brilliant WWII era spy novel. Furst's characters are full and realistic, his dialog is crisp and believable, the plotting intricate and logical. This book was a great, sprawling, epic story of a Bulgarian, Khristo Stoianev, recruited by the NKVD (Soviet secret police and forerunner of the KGB) in...

from Ken-Me-Old-Mate

Night Soldiers by Alan Furst A story of a young man who is "recruited" by a Russian and taken from his home in Bulgaria and trained "in the craft of spying".   This story follows his life from Russia to Spain to France to Germany. This is a huge undertaking to read, at around 460 pages it re...

from neurodrew

Khristo Stoianev is the protagonist of this novel about the years before World War II. He is a Bulgarian, growing up as a fisherman working the Danube. He is about 18 when his brother is beaten to death by a Fascist troop in his home town, and Khristo is thereby recruited into the Soviet NKVD as ...

from klaidlaw

Night Soldiers is a classic espionage story that takes place just prior to and during WWII. It is the story of a young Bulgarian trained by the Soviets as a spy. It is a tale of intrigue, double cross, suspicion and love--all things that go into a good espionage story. The book follows Khristo St...

from AHS-Wolfy

Set just prior to and during WWII this novel follows Khristo Stoianev from his home town in Bulgaria where he is recruited by the Soviet spy instution, the NKVD, when a member of his family is killed after speaking out against the rising tide of fascism. Sent to a training camp full of people gat...