Baptism of Blood (Punishment Battalion 333)

1941, Moscow is under siege.

As the Second World War rages on, the Nazis advance relentlessly into Russia.

The Red Army is in dire straits and its commanders need reinforcements, but there is one problem: there are no men left to send…

In desperation the Chief of the NKVD, Beria, empties the labour camps.

Filled with traitors, reactionaries, pimps, whoremasters, black marketeers, murderers and perverts, they are no longer men.

From their numbers the roughest, toughest and wildest band of cutthroats are banded together, and Punishment Battalion 333 is formed.

At their head is the bitter and sadistic Colonel Katukov, who thinks little of the Gulag Rats under his command.

Distrusted and treated with contempt, the Battalion soon finds itself facing their Baptism of Blood at Kasnaya.

Under attack from Admiral Canaris’ crack regiment, the Brandenburgers, they fight like the hounds of hell, with a courage born of desperation to survive.

The destiny they face is drenched in blood…

Baptism of Blood is a gripping historical thriller set during World War Two in Soviet Russia. It was originally published under the pen name K. N. Kostov.

With nearly 300 books under his belt, Charles Whiting was one of the most prolific writers of his time. His best-known books were published under the name Leo Kessler and featured the Assault Regiment Wotan, Hitler’s hand-picked SS battle group. They include The Valley of the Assassins, Schirmer’s Headhunters, Cauldron of Blood and Guns at Cassino. As K. N. Kostov he wrote the Punishment Battalion 333 series, of which Baptism of Blood is the first.

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