The Double Heart of an Agent

An enemy among friends is a friend among enemies. May 1960—the height of the “Cold War” and the space race. The USA awakens its “sleeping” agent codenamed Thomas, whose job is to prevent the USSR from being the first in history to launch a man into space. A world teetering on the edge of nuclear apocalypse needs a hero. The Soviet Union takes on a desperate mission—to send the best counterintelligence officer into the enemy’s lair. To identify, neutralize the secret agent, and prevent the cunning U.S. plan is assigned to the experienced agent Pyotr Oleynikov. But can a person whose heart and feelings are shattered save the country? Before Oleynikov lies the most difficult choice between the love of his life and service to his homeland. If our Russian Bond falls into a trap, there will be no chance to avoid the apocalypse for the planet…

Novels about Russia in times of major political intrigues and great scientific-technological achievements. The author is a film director, screenwriter, and an actual state adviser of the Russian Federation, First Class, candidate of physical and technical sciences. — “This is a dynamic Soviet Bondiana about the illegal intelligence officer Pyotr Oleynikov who leads a double life. He—the Russian James Bond—doesn’t just stir things up, but mixes them properly. He acts with irony, with a touch of humor, sometimes relying on luck and taking unjustified risks, yet he always puts mercy above justice. His sensitive heart always knows who is a friend, who is an enemy, and who… He tries to be both.” — Chingiz Abdullayev, writer, president of PEN Club, First Secretary of the Writers’ Union of Azerbaijan