Tungsten Alloy

The stories of Evgeny Voievodin (1928-1981) and Eduard Taluntis (1926-1992) "Just Recently..." (1955) and "Tungsten Alloy" (1957) belong to the best examples of domestic spy literature. The action of the first story takes place in 1941, when Nazi intelligence managed... to infiltrate a group of agents into Soviet territory. The hidden saboteurs are "awakened" by their new overseas masters to carry out a large-scale sabotage operation. Counterintelligence officers enter a race against time, trying to identify and neutralize the agent network. The events of the second revolve around a breakthrough invention by Soviet metallurgists that will provide a tremendous advantage to the economy and military industry of the Soviet Union. Our enemies are trying to prevent this. The center of the operation is Professor Troyanovsky, whose son went missing in the very early days of the war. Extortion, bribery, and attempts to play on the basest feelings and instincts are involved...