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"At once deeply-researched and as readable as a thriller." - Mark Galeotti * "An important book about the world's most dangerous mercenary outfit. Margolin unearths new details that will surprise readers." - Sean McFate * "Margolin takes readers deep into the shadowy underworld. . . . A must read." - Clarissa Ward, CNN * "Riveting. . . . It's a vital window onto the weird world of secretive, privatized modern warfare." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) . An eye-opening, terrifying history of this notorious and widely influential mercenary group. This book exposes the history and the future of the Wagner Group, Russia's notorious and secretive mercenary army, revealing details of their operations never documented before.