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Aħfirli, Natasha is an autobiography dealing with the short, but eventful, life of Sergei Kourdakov. The book, translated by Paul Callus, was preciously published under two titles, Sergei and The Persecutor. Born in Russia, Kourdakov was an intelligent, athletic and ambitious man who had to overcome many hurdles in life. He joined the Communist Union of Youth, cultivated a great interest in the ideologies of Marx and Lenin and soon became leader of his section.

After graduating school, Kourdakov was accepted in the naval academy in Leningrad and later continued his studies at Petropavlovsk Naval Academy in Kamchatka.

In 1969, Kourdakov was approached by a KGB official who offered to put him in charge of a special-action squad; money was no problem.

Kourdakov accepted, and together with other youths, he led vicious attacks on Christian believers, those who he believed were enemies of the state. It was the courage of Natasha Zhdanova, one of his victims, that brought him to his senses and led him to defect to the West in search of the Christian God.

It was the courage of one of his victims that brought him to his senses and led him to defect

His dramatic and risky defection from a Russian ship and the start of a new life in Canada make for a worthy climax.

Aħfirli, Natasha is published by Horizons.