Captain Benfica's blades. Fafilov V.P.

Vadim Fofilov is a famous journalist, for twenty-six years he worked as a documentary reporter, often in the zones of military conflicts.

“Captain Benfica’s blades” - an exciting debut novel. A strong Yemeni girl, an officer of counterintelligence, alone confronts the harsh Muslim world of men, a state machine, terrorists and his own family.

“For the last quarter of a century, not a single war in the world, which Fephilov would not have visited. For a long time we had been waiting for a writer who could reveal the secrets of the Middle East, explain the background of conflicts, make that world clear. Vadim Phfilov takes the reader into a space where the artistic and historical truth is identical. ” (Andrei Rubanov).

“During a revolution in Yemen in 2011-2012 I was struck by the very heart-a girl who turned out to be captain“ Muhabarat ”(military counterintelligence) and a great specialist in Jiu-Jitsu. Then I wanted to destroy the stereotypical idea of ​​the Arab girl. The background and the heroes of this novel are completely real. ” (Vadim Phfilov).