Black Lightning

Based on real events. A novel about the secret work of Soviet intelligence agents. The author has absolutely classified information—something that can currently be revealed only partially. The early 1970s. Amid an ongoing war against Israel, Arab “freedom fighters” are preparing to use the tactic of “sacred sacrifice”—a method where, as a result of a terrorist attack, both the invaders and the hostages must inevitably die. The plan is to test the new tactic during the Olympic Games in Munich. Exactly there, under conditions of weak security of the facilities, there’s a real chance to capture Israeli athletes as prisoners. The terrorists don’t suspect that a Soviet intelligence agent codenamed Batyi is successfully working in the chain of organizers and executors of this operation. However, the young illegal operative who has managed to figure out the Arabs’ plan almost misses another deadly combination set by the extremists…

— “In this book there is working truth of real life of a true intelligence officer. Wherever and with whom he may be, inside him there is constant tension: despite the enemy’s sophisticated tricks, he must conceal his true intentions and carry out the task assigned by the Motherland. Only the most prepared and reliable can withstand it…” — E. Vavilova, Colonel of the SVR, an illegal intelligence officer.