The Polish Officer was a really great read and a good follow-up to Dark Star, which was, sadly, forgetable. ((It does not trump Night Soldiers, however. Night Soldiers remains THE book I'd suggest to others looking to get into Furst.)) The Polish Officer centers on the compelling story of a... Polish Army officer forced by circumstance (the Nazi invasion of Poland) to become an operative for the ZWZ, the Polish resistance movement. The novel tracks his development across World War II Europe and is equal parts suspenseful "spy" novel, historical novel and just plain...novel. It is an interesting story that just happens to be a "spy" novel; historians, spy story lovers, and, probably, regular fiction readers would enjoy this book.