About the book: 2011 / The Russian-American special group “Mars” is designed to perform any combat mission. But, despite the highest level of training of the fighters, Mars has already suffered its first losses - both among the Americans and among the Russians. And now - a new disaster... In Afghanistan, US Army Sergeant Louise Croft was captured by the Taliban. This is a serious blow to the joint special group - after all, Louise has the most important secret information on the Elba project. The woman faces terrible torture and public execution. To rescue Croft from Taliban captivity, an extremely risky and extremely tough operation is being quickly developed, in which it is impossible to lose…