The Craft of Satan

Nikolai Breshko-Breshkovsky (1874—1943) is known as one of the founders of the Russian spy detective genre. The novel «The Craft of Satan» immerses the reader in the intense atmosphere of St. Petersburg life on the eve and at the beginning of World War I. The spy wars of international intelligence agencies led to the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. Intrigues, kidnappings, omnipresent agents — all this is confronted by the main characters, thanks to their courage, dignity, strength of spirit, inventiveness, and love.