**MASKIROVKA** is a modern thriller of deception, identity and the lies we choose to believe. “Maskirovka, a pulse-pounding thriller by debut author Willi Pochinov plunges disgraced officer Edward van der Velde into a web of Russian deception, coups, and disinformation from Suffolk to the Black Sea, where truth is the ultimate casualty. " - ***The Table Read Magazine* – Arts and Entertainment Publication of the Year 2025** Determined to prevent what he thinks is WW III, without proper authority, Captain Edward van der Welde confronts a column of unidentified tanks at the Orwell Bridge in Suffolk. Facing a court martial, he escapes and goes AWOL. To clear his name, he works undercover for British Intelligence hoping to find out who was behind the invasion. Hunted by the Military Police, Edward is given a new Russian identity as Dimitri, the nephew of Sir Oleg Meinditski, a charismatic oligarch with an estate in Suffolk. Falling in love with a young woman who works for Sir Oleg and seduced by the unimaginable wealth of his ‘uncle,’ he soon loses track of whose side he is on. He is drawn into a coup planned by disaffected oligarchs who want regime change in the Kremlin. He also writes the manifesto for a new political movement led by Sir Oleg who hopes to get the keys to Number 10 after the next election.