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Moscow syndrome?

Marc Polymeropoulos has run clandestine CIA operations, putting his life on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan, but his most terrifying experience was actually in a nondescript Moscow hotel room. Marc awoke with vertigo, too ill to even stand up, and struggling to make sense of what - or who - was behind his devastating condition.

RED SCARE

Spy rules

The US and Soviet Union developed a gentleman’s agreement during the Cold War known as the ‘Moscow Rules’, an agreement not to physically target each other’s spies or diplomats. The protocols go much further than that, however. They’re a secret agent’s ultimate survival guide.

LIFE AND DEATH

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The ‘real’ Americans

Jack Barsky was one of Russia’s sleeper agents in the 1970s and ‘80s. He was working as a New York computer programmer when Moscow sent coded signals telling him to flee. His cover was blown, leaving Barsky with a huge dilemma: should he leave his wife and 18-month-old baby behind or betray mother Russia?

TRUE SPIES

The double agent

What motivates a man to betray his country? Former Green Beret Peter Debbins excelled at everything he did, but living the American dream wasn’t enough. Debbins needed to be a double agent for the Kremlin.

RUSSIA'S SPY

The ‘13th Department’

CIA declassified documents reveal the KGB had a secretive team of assassins called the ‘13th Department’. The cell - using gadgets and tradecraft straight out of a spy novel - eliminated threats to the Soviet Union, but who were the targets?

KGB SECRETS

Red alert

Russia inspires novels steeped in poison, secrets, and spies. SPYSCAPE’s carefully curated collection features the very best in rare and unique espionage thrillers, classic first edition books from The Russia House to The Hunt for Red October.

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