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Author Christie, William, 1960- author
Title A single spy / William Christie
Publ&date New York : Minotaur Books, 2017
©2017
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 ADULT  FICTION Christie    DUE 03-14-24

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Edition First edition
ISBN 9781250080813 hardcover
1250080819 hardcover
9781466892651 electronic book
Descript 391 pages ; 25 cm
Summary ""A single spy--in the right place and at the right moment--may change the course of history." Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov, an orphan and a thief, has been living by his wits and surviving below the ever-watchful eye of the Soviet system until his luck finally runs out. In 1936, at the age of 16, Alexsi is caught by the NKVD and transported to Moscow. There, in the notorious headquarters of the secret police, he is given a choice: be trained and inserted as a spy into Nazi Germany under the identity of his best friend, the long lost nephew of a high ranking Nazi official, or disappear forever in the basement of the Lubyanka. For Alexsi, it's no choice at all. Over the course of the next seven years, Alexsi has to live his role, that of the devoted nephew of a high Nazi official, and ultimately works for the legendary German spymaster Wilhelm Canaris as an intelligence agent in the Abwehr. All the while, acting as a double agent--reporting back to the NKVD and avoiding detection by the Gestapo. Trapped between the implacable forces of two of the most notorious dictatorships in history, and truly loyal to no one but himself, Alexsi's goal remains the same--survival. In 1943, Alexsi is chosen by the Gestapo to spearhead one of the most desperate operations of the war--to infiltrate the site of the upcoming Tehran conference between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, and set them up to be assassinated. For Alexsi, it's the moment of truth; for the rest of the world, the future is at stake"-- Provided by publisher
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Fiction
Undercover operations -- Fiction
Intelligence officers -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Historical fiction
Spy stories