Ukraine War Fiction

In the brutal digital trenches of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the most dangerous weapon is a line of code, and the deadliest battlefield is the one you cannot see. Lieutenant Anya "Kestrel" Kovalenko is a master of the new war. From a cramped command truck miles behind the front line, the brilliant but arrogant software-engineer-turned-soldier commands the Skystalkers, an elite Ukrainian drone unit. With her fleet of cheap, modified drones, she is the tip of the spear in the bloody 2023 counteroffensive, turning the tide of battle with every click. To her, the war is a complex real-time ...

The desperate fight for survival has given way to something harder: a grinding war of attrition where victory is measured in meters, and the question is no longer whether Ukraine will fall but whether the West will lose patience first. Lieutenant Commander James Fairbanks has earned his place among Ukrainian special forces. His drone operations reshape battles and bloody Russian logistics across the front. But when Pentagon doctrine clashes with battlefield reality during the summer offensive, James must choose between the approaches that save lives and the orders that satisfy Washington. ...

After Task Force Ember’s successful intervention in Ukraine, John Dempsey disappears without a trace—with no notice or explanation given to his teammates. Spotty intelligence eventually places him in Russia where he is rumored to have been captured by the Russian FSB and is now presumed dead. Mourning his loss, Ember is forced to pick up the pieces, restructure, and continue their mission of keeping America safe. As the president’s “go-to” black ops asset, Ember is directed to find and finish off the Russian spymaster Arkady Zhukov and any last remnants of Zeta cell.

In the tradition of Herman Wouk's sweeping historical war epics, Fallout of War follows Lieutenant Commander James Fairbanks, a career naval submarine officer assigned as a military attaché to the American embassy in Kyiv in late 2021. Fairbanks arrives in Ukraine with his wife, Lucy, a State Department analyst, just as tensions with Russia reach a critical juncture. A thoughtful, disciplined officer known for his strategic acumen and unvarnished assessments, Fairbanks quickly becomes immersed in the complex political and military landscape of Eastern Europe. Fairbanks tours the Chernobyl ...

In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans? The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century.

The Karpov Bridge is the last artery out of the besieged city of Dnipro, and Captain Viktor Radek, a commander haunted by past failures, has just been given an impossible order: hold it at all costs. His command is a fractured collection of survivors: a disillusioned American ex-Marine with a history of mistrusting command , a guilt-ridden Polish medic who has already lost everything in the war , and a street-smart teenage artist whose graffiti reveals more than military intelligence. Their mission is compromised before it even begins when the explosives wired to the bridge are expertly ...

Marko: Dog of War is a gripping and emotionally charged story that follows a harrowing journey of three Ukrainian siblings as they navigate the dangers of a country torn by war. With unique perspectives on the impact of war on children and the unbreakable bonds of family, this screenplay offers a fresh take on the war drama genre. The story centers on three siblings: Andriy, the protective older brother; Daryna, the resourceful middle sister; Katryna, the innocent youngest; and a brave dog named Marko. This version is based on the original story's screenplay, which expanded the siblings' ...

If every war needs its master chronicler, Ukraine has Serhiy Zhadan, one of Europe’s most promising novelists. Recalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.

""That rarest phenomenon: a war novel that feels at once timeless and precisely of the moment…"" —Washington Post A poignant coming-of-age story with the sensitivity and haunting power of What Belongs to You and Swimming in the Dark, about a young boy wrestling with his sexuality as war...

In the frozen hell of Bakhmut, some men fight for flags, others for ideals. Volk fights for a paycheck. A cynical, detached mercenary, Volk is a master of his trade, a professional who deals in results, not reasons. His contract is his creed, and the bonus for this one last job is large enough to buy his way out of the war and into a life where the only thing he has to kill is time. But this contract is the dirtiest yet. His new command is the Shtorm-Z unit—the Disposables. A penal battalion of convicts, thieves, and murderers pulled from Russia’s darkest prisons, they are not soldiers;...

A Line Was Drawn. Then It Was Erased. When Russia detonates a second tactical nuclear weapon near the Ukrainian border, the world holds its breath. For President Will Garner, the time for diplomacy is over. The Budapest Memorandum is void. The West must act—or be erased from history. As NATO activates a continent-wide air defense network known as Gold Dome, the balance of deterrence shifts. Hypersonic weapons. AI-guided interceptors. Autonomous drones hunting shadows. In this world, war isn’t just waged—it’s anticipated. Below the surface, the USS Colorado glides through the Black ...

They were promised a three-day war. A victory parade in Kyiv. Flowers thrown at the feet of liberators. But for the men of the 64-kilometer-long convoy, the road to glory has become a frozen river of mud and steel. For Captain Dmitri Volkov, a logistics officer, the war is not a battle of heroes, but a grim equation of dwindling fuel, failing equipment, and timetables that have become a grotesque joke. His logbook, once a sanctuary of order, is now the meticulous record of a slow, grinding descent into hell. As days bleed into weeks, the Zampolit’s patriotic speeches fade into the howl of...

The book Bridge in the Darkness, written by Artur Drazek, is a novel based on a true-life story. It’s inspired by the Russian invasion of Ukraine at end of February 2022. As a kid, Alex had long accepted the fact that his life wouldn’t be like other kids his age. Born with a heart condition, he wouldn’t be able to do most things men his age would be able to do; he tried rebelling, but there was very little he could do to change his heart condition. Without another option, he began to slowly adapt to life with his condition; however, he would come to realize that he had been living in ...

Anna stopped counting the times she fell. Now she would take a stand... Anna Onisko has grown up under the shadow of her tyrannical stepfather. Now in her teens she is determined to escape him and fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher. But this is Uzhhorod, Czechoslovakia, the year is 1938 and the Hungarian occupation is about to tear Anna's life apart. Through wartime dangers and family betrayal, Anna has to find the strength to make impossible choices and protect those she loves even if it means sacrificing everything she cares about. Based on the true story of a woman of courage.

One Russian defector. One covert team. One extraction that goes off the rails. When former special operations officer Luke Ryder is called back into the shadows for a high-stakes mission, the objective is clear: extract a disillusioned Russian general and his mysterious companion from Sochi before the FSB catches on. What starts as a precise, covert operation spirals into chaos, forcing Ryder and his team into a desperate escape across the Black Sea. But the woman at the center of it all—Nata Volkova—is more than just a defector’s mistress. She's a covert asset carrying secrets ...

With the world teetering on the brink, NOVA’s greatest victory threatens to ignite the very war they were trying to prevent. In a battlefield where AI, cyberwarfare, and deception rule, the next move won’t be made by armies—but by those who control the data. ❓ Did NOVA stop World War III? Or did they just start it? 🔥 A gripping military thriller filled with high-stakes espionage, covert operations, and a war fought on invisible battlefields, The Silent War: The AI Battlefield is a pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat ride that will leave you questioning the future of warfare. 📖 ...

Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family during the Holodomor, loved ones in Stalin's purges, and war looms once more on the horizon. These daughters of Ukraine will face devastation and loss as they fight to survive and protect the ones they love.

Ukraine, 1940. When war rips their country apart, Julia is sent away by her tearful parents in the dead of night, clutching her mother’s necklace and longing for one last embrace. But soon she is captured by Nazi soldiers and forced into a German labor camp, where behind a tall fence topped with cruel barbed wire, she has never felt more alone. Just as she begins to give up on all hope, Julia meets Henry, a young man from her village who shares her heart full of dreams.

Three Russian agents are searching Ukraine for a stolen thermonuclear warhead. America suspects the warhead isn’t really stolen, and its detonation just a pretext to let Russia seize Ukraine. Will the agents find the warhead before it is used, and starts WWIII? This will be the Russian agents’ greatest challenge yet.

This Expanded Edition includes a new author foreword, an exclusive bonus scene, and additional worldbuilding material that reveals Luke Ryder’s earliest connection to Aegis. Luke Ryder thought he had finally left war behind. Fresh out of the Army Rangers—after deployments in Syria, Afghanistan, and the shadow battles no one talks about—Luke is back home in Idaho trying to rebuild his life. He loves the mountains, the quiet, and the space to breathe. But beneath the calm, a deeper truth gnaws at him: his sense of duty isn’t done with him yet. Then the call comes. A trusted contact ...