About the book: 2009 / The novel "Combatant" is the fourth book in the series "The Adventures of Alexei Bestuzhev." The pursuit of the far-sighted device - Stepanek's apparatus - continues through the streets and suburbs of Paris. Detective Bestuzhev finds himself in the European lair of revolutionaries and anarchists of all stripes and begins a real “hunt for the devil.” Who wins?