Someone Else's Face

Based on real events. A novel about the secret work of Soviet intelligence officers. The author has access to information that is absolutely classified—though for now it can only be revealed partially. The 1960s. In the ranks of the KGB, many new prospective employees. Among them is an agent codenamed Icar. It’s exactly him who is tasked with “legalizing” in France, where NATO’s headquarters is located, and obtaining secret Pentagon documents listing the goals of attacks on the USSR. But becoming a citizen of a foreign country isn’t so simple. The fastest route is through service in the French Foreign Legion. Icar signs a contract and soon finds himself in the thick of one of the “hot spots.” He doesn’t yet know that a mercenary’s combat daily life will seem like a walk in the park compared to his work as a Soviet intelligence officer… “In this book there is working truth of the life of a real intelligence officer. Wherever and with whom he is, inside him there is constant intense work: despite the enemy’s sophisticated tricks, he must conceal his true intentions and carry out the task assigned by the Motherland. Only the most trained and reliable can withstand it…” — E. Vavilova, Colonel of the SVR, an illegal intelligence officer.