Eto pervaya iz dokumental'no-khudozhestvennykh knig o sovetskikh razvedchikakh, partizanakh, podpol'shchikakh, patriotakh-internatsionalistakh - bortsakh protiv fashizma i voyny. O Yane Berzine, Rikharde Zorge, Vladimire Zaimove, L've Maneviche i drugikh geroyakh rasskazyvayut ikh soratniki i druz'ya, izvestnyye pisateli i zhurnalisty.
Vtoraya kniga sbornika "Lyudi molchalivogo podviga" svyazana s pervoy lish' obshchey temoy i predstavlyayet soboy samostoyatel'noye dokumental'no-khudozhestvennoye izdaniye. V ney rasskazano o geroicheskoy deyatel'nosti sovetskikh voyennykh razvedchikov i antifashistov-internatsionalistov, vnesshikh nemalyy vklad v pobedu nad gitlerizmom. Sredi novykh materialov sbornika - ocherki o G.Kegele, R.Verner i drugiye.