Russian Intelligence

When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants behind the Iron Curtain. All they had to do to get them was make history by drafting them and then figure out how to get them out of the Soviet Union.

Seven Million Dollar Spy reveals, for the first time, the inside story of the dramatic US counterintelligence operation that resulted in the capture of the most dangerous mole working for Russia inside US intelligence. Now, the former senior KGB spy, to whom the US paid seven million dollars for Moscow's file on the mole, is identified by both his real and code names.

An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War—a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo—about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America’s most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet...

Since its founding in 1995, the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service, has regained the majority of the domestic security functions of the Soviet-era KGB. Under Vladimir Putin, who served as FSB director just before becoming president, the agency has grown to be one of the most powerful and favored organizations in Russia. The FSB not only conducts internal security but also has primacy in intelligence operations in former Soviet states.

This program is read by the author. The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow—before more American assets are rounded up and killed. Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA. In the late 1970s, the National...

In a world of renewed great power competition, the challenges facing the United States in managing its relations with China and Russia are daunting. But with "A New Cold War Global Strategy," you can get ahead of the curve in understanding this complex conflict. This comprehensive analysis of the relationships among these three global powers draws on insights from history, economics, law, and philosophy to provide a strategic roadmap for the United States. From the resource dependence and demographic constraints of dictatorship to the isolationism and withdrawal of democracy, the book ...

A riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer—the astonishing true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War. In the summer of 1975, seventeen-year-old Eva Dillon's family was living in New Delhi when her...

Listening stations camouflaged as boatsheds in secluded coastline locations, spying missions probing far into Russian territory, strictly guarded radar installations, aircraft and seagoing vessels that collect information covertly. All of this has been part of a secret intelligence collaboration between the USA and Norway that also includes wiretapping on the Russian border and the covert tapping of civilian satellites. Espionage has ensnared individuals in a high stakes game being played out between the great powers, which both during and after the Cold War has turned secluded villages and...

When Captain Maksim “Kuz” Kuznetsov swings his Mi-8 helicopter off a routine flight path and lands in enemy territory, the world calls it a defection. Moscow calls it contagion. Within hours, Kuz is buried inside a Western protection pipeline built on paperwork, door codes, and the quiet lies that keep people alive. A new name. A new city. A new set of rules: don’t be seen, don’t make patterns, don’t trust anyone who sounds calm. But Lieutenant Colonel Malyshev doesn’t hunt with guns first. He hunts with systems—maintenance crews, access logs, stairwells, garages, “service ...

Three gripping thrillers. One relentless investigation. A conspiracy that refuses to stay buried. From international bestselling author Tim Heath comes the next explosive installment in The Hunt Series. This action-packed box set includes three standalone thrillers that pull readers deep into a world of espionage, political corruption, and global power struggles. Across these stories, investigators uncover secrets powerful forces will do anything to protect. As hidden networks begin to unravel, every discovery raises the stakes and every decision could prove fatal. Inside this box set: The ...

Learn or Die . . . A 10,000 word short featuring Kuba - the AI from The Rogue Hackers Series. As the story begins, we're plunged into the murky Moscow underworld as the Soviet State Collapses, and a brilliant mathematician rewrites the rules of what is possible for artificial intelligence. But as the stunning machine develops ever more incredible capabilities, it reaches the attention of the Russian mob and sparks a gang war between rival factions; even as the KGB hovers in the background ready to seize this synthetic miracle and make it a soldier of the state.

In the contemporary world of intelligence, wars are no longer declared. They seep quietly into everyday life, into bank accounts, relationships, borders, and bodies. KIRU – Love and Death in Bratislava is a literary espionage novel set deep inside that gray terrain, where loyalty is conditional, love is dangerous, and obedience often replaces choice. Tomás Mancini—known operationally as Kiru—is an Argentine intelligence operative shaped by discipline, silence, and the long shadows of institutional violence. Raised within the rigid structures of a military boarding school and later ...

One of ‘the heirs to John le Carré’ The Times ‘A tremendous achievement’ WILLIAM BOYD ‘Behold the new Golden Age of Spy Kings’ Sunday Times To betray, you must first belong… In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was...

A thrilling book that unveils a hidden cabal of foreign powers that have spied against America to reveal the incredible spygames, secrets, and cyberweapons they’ve hatched, unlocked, and stolen—and how U.S. intelligence has utterly failed to stop them. From the bestselling author of The...

All chess games end in a murder... It's 1920, the murders of a trade unionist, a knight and a bishop shock Britain. The finger of blame seems to point to Russia. As the body count rises, Kit Aston plays a deadly game of chess with a Russian grandmaster where checkmate is a matter of life or death. The latest Kit Aston whodunnit is a gripping historical crime thriller, full of twists and hilarious one liners which fuses classic murder mystery with a spy novel. The Kit Aston mysteries mix real life historical characters and events with crime thrillers full of red herrings. No books are the ...

This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farms We live in the age of disinformation—of organized deception. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and...

Bloomsbury presents Putin's Wars by Mark Galeotti, read by David Sibley. THE FINANICAL TIMES – BEST BOOKS OF 2022 'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' – The Times A history of how Putin and his conflicts have...

Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue Slow Horses meets Red Sparrow in this “sharp, freshly conceived, [and] thoroughly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) globetrotting spy thriller featuring a brilliant young intelligence officer and a troubled heiress who stumble into a...

Now a major film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, and Robin Wright. From John le Carré, this New York Times bestselling spy thriller is his “strongest, most powerful novel” (The New York Times Book Review). A half-starved young Russian man in a long black...

The Pandemic is over, but countries all over the world have started pouring in billions in researching the next one, for preparing to protect, but also to counterattack when the time comes. What happens when a hostage rescue operation in Pakistan reveals what China is up to. What happens when US, UK and India closely ward off a pandemic level attack. What happens when the next-gen weapon is lost in New York with a rouge ISI sleeper cell agent. What role does Intelligence play ? How do MSS, CIA, KGB, MI6, RAW and ISI race for the finish line. This is a spy race. This is a race for the ...